Did you listen to the sound? Do you like it? Are you going to use it for your ringtone?
I made it my ring tone after recently hearing it on Star Trek: Picard. There was a scene where this exact sound was playing over and over, and Picard found an old communicator (the original TNG communicator) in a box calling him.
Now every time some one calls me, I feel like I'm in the 24th century living on the enterprise.
Think about it. We already have Tricorders (or their equivalents), we have smartphones whose screens look like the TNG computer screens, and we now have chatGPT which functions just like the TNG enterprise computer. All we need to do is combine the AI voice to text generators with chatGPT and you have it (some people have already done this with plugins). In fact, chatGPT is actually smarter than the computer on TNG. We already have tech that surpasses the tech in the 24th century. While we may never have the Holodeck or the transporter, we do have brain-computer interfaces which are the precursors to the Matrix, so we can still have the equivalent of the Holodeck experience but just as virtual reality. And lastly, as we make advances with 3D printing (we can already print with multiple materials including metal, plastic, and flesh), we might, in the not too distant future, have the equivalent of replicators. They will not work the same way, but the result will be more or less the same.
Imagine you go on Pirate Bay and instead of pirating a movie, you pirate an iPhone, and have your 3D printer print it out for you.
We are almost there my friend.
Lets — Make it so...
Engage...
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samoanjoes (57767)
2 years ago
The sound wouldn't play when hitting the button so I had to download it. It's a calm sound but I could see myself not hearing it when someone called because it's a little quiet. I don't mean the sound itself needs to be turned up, it's just a naturally low sound. I think the beaming sound would be cool for a phone ring and the doors sliding open for a text.
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InquiringMind (2272)
2 years ago
Yeah, I had the same problem with the link. It plays fine on Chrome and on my phone's Firefox. But on my desktop Firefox (my main browser), it wouldn't play and you have to download. I was actually trying to figure out what the problem is. It's possible that Firefox needs to be upgraded, but I'm not sure.
As for the sound, you are right, it is a little soft, but so far I didn't have any problems hearing the phone when someone calls.
I agree with you that there are sounds from Star Trek that sound cooler, for me it's about authenticity. It is the sound of the communicator and your phone is your communicator. If you use one of those Bluetooth earpieces or you're talking through your phones speaker it really feels like the way it was on TNG.
If you really want to have the full experience, you could get something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Generation-Bluetooth-Communicator-Badge/dp/B0777S47VQ/ref=asc_df_B0777S47VQ?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80401905752704&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584001431322325&psc=1
This is a TNG communicator that connects to your phone's Bluetooth. When someone calls you, you just tap on the badge and you will hear them and talk to them through it exactly like on TNG.
The only problem is, according to the reviews, it has shit quality, so I would wait for a better version of this. But still, the fact that it exists right now, and you can buy it on Amazon for $65 bucks, proves my point that we are half way to the Star Trek TNG universe.
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samoanjoes (57767)
2 years ago
For $65 dollars that sounds like a steal. The thing is that I don't want to walk around with it and people look at me weird. It would be cool for Comic Con or something like that.
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