While there’s still something undeniably cool about the flip-open communicators used in the original Star Trek, the fact is, they don’t really look all that futuristic compared to modern mobile phones. But the upgraded “combadges” used in Star Trek: The Next Generation and its various large and small screen spin-offs — now that’s a tech we’re still trying to catch up to.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://hackaday.com/2024/04/25/combadge-project-wants-to-bring-trek-tech-to-life/