Find out more about this Star Trek Tricorder replica at www.thewandcompany.com/star-trek-tricorder/ and www.thewandcompany.com/blog/page/2/ NOTE: This is not a sponsored video. No money or product was exchanged. We just thought it was cool!
I'm a little bit jealous right now, since I am raised on TNG, I got the TR-590 IX from efx and I had to imagine what it can do. You here, got the full monty with all bells and whistles... I am tempted to get one, even though I never found the original series tricorder that interesting until now....
I worked at NASA-Langley, an R&D facility for nearly 10 years, and one of the great joys during my time there was when they would do a press conference about a new invention or patent, and the press would ask, “How did you come up with the idea for this?”, and 9 times out of 10, the answer would be, “Well, when I was a kid, I was watching Star Trek…” I will never stop smiling about this. Trust me, whatever you’re wanting to see, they’re working on it.
Attended a San Diego Comic Con panel yesterday, the Science of Science Fiction. 5 of the 7 panelist stated Star Trek was their inspiration to getting into science. The remaining two were one was X-Files and the other stated they had little exposure to TV so it was the great authors of Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein. Star Trek continues to inspire me, 50 years later!
Yeah, same here, i like Star Trek, mostly the Borg era (because it is my name and i like cyborg stuff, plus Picard is my favorite captain), but this is a beauty, and i would definitely buy it if the stock is plenty for me stumble upon one. But i see others talking about it probably costing more than that (500+) when it eventually goes into production, which will probably be true.
@@ZesPak it was mentioned early in the development that was their target ... but I seriously think that it will have to cost a good deal more .. and rightly so
I really enjoyed this because he was literally doing a product demo. Explaining some parts were still samples and not final. But you can also tell there is a genuine love for the device. The brief frustration in his voice when he had the tricorder on the stand and the strap didn’t really have anywhere to go. Just a beautiful piece of craftsmanship and presentation.
Agreed, although I wish he was a little less of a compliment sponge. Adam kept expressing his appreciation but was not acknowledged. Felt like a one sided sales pitch with the salesman tolerating interruptions to his pitch.
@@carpediem4619 Not everyone has the same reaction. He may not be saying much, but he's British. Watch his face, though, whenever Adam gushes about something, he gets a huge smile.
@@carpediem4619Yeah, I got the same feeling watching this. He's a very good british salesman, but his robot responses to Adam's excitement didn't work. He may not have known who Adam was and how important he is when it comes to prop making.
"Aiming" for MSRP of $300. I love trying to guess prices on stuff like this, and my guess was $500. So even if their $300 ends up being a little more, I'm still impressed.
Wow, i just joked about having to sell a kidney, but even i can pony up $300. $500 is too much for a casual purchase though, but if they don't sell out right away, i might have some time to mull it over.
The new Fallout PipBoy they just announced is only selling for $199. The Tricorder seems like it has far more components and functionality so I think a price point around $300 is perfectly reasonable.
it almost not prop, am almost sure is only every terminal to the ship main computers, own functions where very limited, the very episode (with Joan Collins), the end of every after, or thing? Mr Spock, try make missing parts get it going, as spoke of "working with only Knives and bears skins" get going cloud of smoke and bang later" this prop is self contained, no out side, works needed? 🙂
"Cosplay was the process of pouring your body into a narrative that meant something to you." "It's a ludicrous object. And its existence feels like a spectacular nod to the stories that build us." Adam, this is why what you do; who you are, is so validating. You channel and give currency to the relationship sci-fi fans have to these treasured imaginary worlds that we grew up with. Your passion for this material validates what many of us have felt our whole lives - that these books, these shows, these comics were/are/will aways be more than mere stories. They liberate our imaginations to go places and experience things that are beyond our everyday experience. I am so glad you do what you do. For me, I was cosplaying Star Trek as a child of the 1970's long before "cosplay" was part of the vernacular. To us, a 9v battery was a Type 1 phaser. A metal Surcrets box was a communicator. And those metal flip top Band-Aid boxes were our tricorders. But this beautiful, shockingly functional replica prop touches on the same joy we exerienced with those crude stand-ins of my childhood.
An SD card slot and video player would be a huge benefit to this, imagine storing all of the TOS episodes on it and being able to watch them on the tricorder itself!
❤and with the medical wand--actually taking temperature, heart rate and respirations!😂 Can you imagine the child in all of us having a nurse come do your vitals like you're in sick bay? Imagine the cooperation you'd get from the grumpiest old dude who was a childhood fan!🎉Props for THIS PROP!!!
How about one step farther? Add a discreet, strategically placed camera to record video and audio to the SD Cards? (Might as well also say-the camera could be normal/infrared, and night vision!)
The build logs for the tricorder indicate that the Wand Company did put (or at least, had) an SD Card slot in the hood. It remains to be seen if that functionality can be built upon. (In fact, you can SEE the SD card slot on the side of the Hood at 15:00.)
My favorite bit of kit from TOS. Aside from being one of the best episodes, "City On The Edge of Forever" actually showed close-ups of the bloody thing. (It wasn't until I got my Starfleet Technical Manual that I could imagine how it might work.) Seeing this exist is fantastic! "It will be mine. Oh, yes -- it will be mine."
@@electrictroy2010 The radiation sensor for EM fields in electrical cables, the atmosphere sensor (temperature, humidity and pressure) and the compass.
I've been waiting YEARS for this to finish development having already bought the phaser and communicator. This is a MUST-HAVE for me. It's an incredible piece of kit. LOVE IT!
Just think - in a year or so you'll be able to make Starfleet calls through the Starlink satellite constellation. New capabilities coming online allow communications with any standard smartphone. How well does the phone work with voice dialing with an iPhone?
@donjones4719 NO a standard cellphone cannot send signals miles into space. Broadcast range with 3G thru 5G is only 1/2 mile approximately. You need to upgrade your phone to one that’s satellite capable .
@@electrictroy2010 for a couple of years there have been direct satellite linkups, such as Apple’s new SOS feature. It’s not voice but it is sent by satellite.
@@electrictroy2010 The WAS true. But SpaceX has put up the first few prototypes of the latest model of Starlink satellite. It's designed for use with an unmodified cell phone. SpaceX has demonstrated making telephones calls like this. It'll be a while before it's generally available but SpaceX has an excellent track record with Starlink. Several hundred satellites will have to go up but SpaceX is launching over 200 satellites per month now. However, this isn't meant for use in well-populated areas, it's meant to be able to keep in touch when in remote areas. I mentioned it because simply being able to do this at all from a Star Trek communicator (via a cell phone) will be so totally cool.
My god this is MAGNIFICENT. I think I am going to have to buy two...first time for anything...I'm getting two! I wish Gene were alive to see this!!! Thanks to the Wand Company for an engineering marvel and for thanks to Adam for showcasing this fantastic creation brought to real life!!!
my dad passed away a few months ago and he absolutely loved star wars and star trek, he would go see every movie the day after opening night and each series as it came out and he would have absolutely love these
26:18 I remember asking my dad back when the show was in prime time, if he thought they would ever make self opening doors like they had on the Enterprise. He didn't know. But about 10 years later, they were being installed in buildings everywhere.
I'm old enough to remember when supermarkets got those rubber mat operated doors. 🤣 I think every kid of that era did the thing of lifting yourself off the mat by the railings & repeatedly activating the door.
@@tomhorsley6566To be fair, I think that's more to do with safety than technology. They don't want to squash your nan as she's trying to do her weekly shopping.
@MrEsphoenix IN bloopers you see a lot of Star Trek doors closing on people. In our world elevators sometimes do that, but they have sensors to stop the door .
@@electrictroy2010 but if they're traveling faster they're more dangerous, and that extra speed just isn't necessary for day to day use. Are you doubting we have the technology to make them faster?
Beyond his deep understanding and love of his products, Chris proves himself in these videos to be such a master at storytelling and conversation. Could listen to him for hours.
FINALLY, It's here! This is a lifelong dream come true. I love the Wand Company. I have the Phaser and Communicator. Now I'll be able to add the Tricorder to my Star Trek display!! Next up: the Medical Tricorder!
I remember talking to Bill about what he thought about the flip phone it when it first came out and how it resembled the communicator. This is whole new amazing level :) Thanks for making and sharing this !
Have been waiting on this for years!!! Glad we are finally getting there! Will be great along side my WC phaser and comm! Always loved these classic trek prop and can't wait to complete the set!
Many years ago I was a developer on an early mobile application -- this was years before the iPhone, on Palm Pilots and later Windows CE, so it was pretty sci-fi to the users, and many of them were skeptical. I did many a demo at trade shows to people who'd never held a handheld computer before, and I learned an important lesson from that experience: let the customer play with the toy. I can tell Adam is itching to touch this thing, but Chris does the unboxing for him, and spends most of the demo with the device in his own hands while Adam is watching and occasionally reaching over just to touch the thing. You should pay attention to that impulse to touch and respond to it. It's natural to want to be in the driver's seat when you're showing a product because after all you know all about your product and the punter knows nothing. I get it: it's *time efficient* to do the demo that way, or it would be if the goal of the demo is to perform a brain dump from you to the punter. But the real goal of the demo is to engage the customer with the product emotionally, and that's much more powerful if you let the customer run the demo while you try to guide him. For example Adam is delighted when he notices the disk insertion/release mechanism as Chris is using it. Imagine how much more powerful that delight would be if he discovered it himself.
Hear hear. I kept expecting it to switch into a hands-on segment, and it never really did. I presume they did that off camera to get the B-roll, but it would’ve been nice to see those reactions.
As Adam says, this is a ludicrous object, but it's a nod to the stories that inspired us. So many people working in science today acknowledge Star Trek as a major influence when young.
As a life-long Trekkie, I can emphatically say that this is the collector's item I've been dreaming of since I was that little boy sitting on that gaudy shag carpet in front of my black-and-white TV just awestruck by what I was watching. This is truly impressive, especially for the price. Now, if only they can build a phaser that can actually stun people. 🤣
I gotta say this was thoroughly enjoyable. As a 10 year old kid who faithfully watched Star Trek as it aired each week in the seventies, this is so cool.
Ordered the Pip boy and now signed up and registered for this one! I'm in! Met Shatner at a con a few years back and had him sign my model Enterprise ship replica. Now i gotta get him to sign this too.
Why are my eyes welling with tears over this? Well done Chris and his entire team at The Wand Co.! I can't express my appreciation for your efforts and results in putting together this level of quality and functionality. Dreams do come true! THANKS ADAM!
I had (still have?) a TNG era tricorder toy from the 90's. Got it on eBay and carried it daily to school; dress code was either a red or blue polo and nothing else. That tricorder (and a pin) let me cosplay everyday that I wasn't stuck in a religious fundamentalist school... I was a marooned Starfleet Officer attempting to integrate with a strange, blood obsessed culture. (Always with the blood! Washed in blood, drinking blood, eating flesh. What's up with that? It really is a very gory bloody religion!) Anyway, my tricorder was like a lifeline. A totem. A symbol of science. It was my little defiance and one of a select few comforts in life. TL;DR I love Trek and I'll be buying one immediately.
I had the same tri-corder i bet! You can turn the backlight on in the battery compartment? I would love to see this company make one of them, as TNG is what i grew up on, as much as love the OS too. Btw, amazing story. I loved it.
How much blood did you actually drink though? How much flesh? The number is sub-atomically close to zero. It's good you had the Tricorder. It was instrumental in distracting you from your studies. You might have understood about the unleavened bread and wine had you been without it.
I have the communicator and phaser. The tricorder will be my trifecta, my hat trick, my holy trinity! I can’t wait!! Thank you, Adam, for not only showcasing this, but doing it with the enthusiasm and love and adoration it richly holds in our hearts.
ive never even watched star trek, but this thing is just amazing. It gives me the same excitement as a really cool tech product would do. Because it feels like a real thing. Im hoping to see more replica's with this attention to detail, because seeing something with so much depth is delightful.
yes, its just missing mark being real? not prop, and is disappointing, it so close, to not actually being prop, but device, not even connected stat trek at all, its more functual than prop in show or even the films, as Adam, is always doing weather props, that only this looks to new, (no a fan averthing battered) looks like new the ships stores, not the Mr Spock or Dr McCune used?
This is one of the coolest geek toys I have ever seen. Back in the day, the TOS Tricorder actually seemed centuries ahead of our time, and I never imagined we see a replica of it that was so advanced and functional as this one here. It shall be mine. Oh yes.
@@MaxHeadroomGPT That would be great to have if I happened to need a working cassette player. I think they pre-date the universal lousy mechanism so lamented by TechMoan (The British one with the muppets). That would be so cool next to an 8-bit computer! Hay, how about modifying it to include a solid-state recorder as well, that can record from cassette. The screen can show waveform and diagnostic.
@@JohnDlugosz I wonder if someone has ever published 3D printer specs for it; you could make one for a Raspberry Pi PC, complete with working screen. I bet the buttons could be connected to the GPIO connector. Add a mini-Bluetooth card for wireless keyboard & mouse to run stuff & load apps designed to that would use the buttons & dials. The thing could have a massive SSD that could contain the entire TV show. Just a totally senseless uber-geek toy.
@@MaxHeadroomGPT Pi zero-W includes the Bluetooth and Wifi. It's amazing how bad the tricorder design really is; now bearing in mind that nobody had any real experience with anything remotely like it, Mark and his department did a fair job primarily dealing with on-screen appearance. The mini-screen used the curved glass familiar from a TV, because that is what communicated "screen" to people at the time. The three buttons ought to line up under the screen or down the side, not in a row of their own, to easily label them on the screen. The bulk of the device isn't for computing, but the scanning. Probably a huge power source and very special (and bulky) components for (e.g.) anti-proton source, lasers (see the martian ChemCam), and huge flat antenna array.
My mate Adam is a science teacher, from time to time when his questions to class are not receiving the hoped response, he will quietly get his model tricorder out & walk round with it , waiting to be asked what he’s up to he responds “ ...just scanning for life forms” god bless great teachers👍😀
As a retired teacher (30+ years, elementary thru university), this just made me crack up. Your mate and I are kindred souls! Teaching will either drive one crazy, or make one find one’s true self. Please say hi to your mate for me ❤.
So much thought, work, effort, and love of the show went into the creation of this prop reproduction. I've been watching the development occurring over the years now and looks like it is about to become a reality. WOW!
Watching Adam in the first three minutes of this trying to keep his hands from opening the box is magical. Signed up for this and it will be $300 well spent. I have spent more on less.
I don't know about you guys, but it feels darn good just seeing and Just hearing Adam fix and do science-based projects even in schools would be really cool 😎
I love that they just went above and beyond for making this. They could have not done half of this stuff and it would have been good, but adding in all those details and extra things really shows the care and love that went into making it.
Superb! I've never been able to grab one of TWC phasers, but I was lucky enough to be gifted one of their communicators. It is by far one of the best things I own.
What he said about the future as envisioned in the 60s reminded me of the best definition I've ever heard of steampunk -- "yesterday's tomorrow." In the end, everything becomes steampunk as we arrive at the future and discover that it's not how we thought it would be. The most charming thing about this to me is how the little screen is shaped like a tiny CRT, and how the tricorders of today -- tablets, etc. -- don't even have much memory but would just network to the nearest computer. As a lifelong nerd, the warmth and affection I feel about these things surprises even me.
Outstanding! I must have one. I honestly expected it to be more than $300. I do hope it does the warbling whistle scan sound it's so famous for - I didn't hear that during the demo
@@KazyEXE I'm afraid that's something that we'll have to agree to disagree on, but hey if you enjoy it then good for you, but it's really not my cup of Earl Grey, as far as I'm concerned Trek ended with the conclusion of Enterprise (and even that finale was shockingly bad!).
Yesterday I used and held one of these at the Energizer Bar at San Diego Comic Con. I was absolutely speechless. It was amazing, delivering everything envisioned and more.
goosebumps! I have been waiting for this for so long! And for YEARS I have been obsessed with trying to build a *practical* version of a tricorder.. something with like, an air quality meter, magnetometer, IR imaging, range finding, etc...
I hope Mangy_Dog gets his mitts on one of these and does his... magic to fill it up with proper technology like he did with his Voyager tricorder, which is probably one of the most amazing piece of fan made prop i have ever seen.
Wow this is really outstanding. I've been subscribed to their emails for a while and have enjoyed following along, but seeing it like this in action is just a JOY!
I’m waiting for the day some cosplayer from RPF wants an in-universe accurate matter replicator so much they just design and build one that really works.
The "Ship's Compass" was the Astrogator, sitting between the helmsman and the navigator. It was originally described (Star Trek Technical Manual-Franz Joseph Designs) as being centered on Earth. What was shown on the Tricorder screen was actually the ship's plot screen from the navigator's console.
I'm not a "Treky" although I watched it as a child with my Dad but this has to be one of the coolest things I have seen in years!!! - Masterpiece is the right word!!
But do you have the video Spock slowed down with stone knives and bearskins from City on the Edge of Forever? [And seconds after I asked, he showed us the video :-]
Adam: "So, when can we expect to get our hands on this wonderful tricorder!?" Wand: "We were thinking only 3 to 7 more years to finish up the fine points and make it perfect. Then we'll post a release date on our website that is a year away from the date that we promise" I've been waiting for Wand to finish this up for so long that I fear I may die of old age before I actually get to buy one.
Definitely some bitterness here as well. It was great to see the Fallout Pip-Boy reveal, which I've already preordered, but come on, the show just aired on Amazon and you already have preorders up? While the Tricorder languishes for years? I get that $$$ talks, but that really feels like a bit of a kick to the yarbles.
Find out more about this Star Trek Tricorder replica at www.thewandcompany.com/star-trek-tricorder/ and www.thewandcompany.com/blog/page/2/
NOTE: This is not a sponsored video. No money or product was exchanged. We just thought it was cool!
Is Tested being paid by The Wand Company for these videos?
Im shocked the website looks like it hasn't been updated in more than a year.
I'm a little bit jealous right now, since I am raised on TNG, I got the TR-590 IX from efx and I had to imagine what it can do. You here, got the full monty with all bells and whistles... I am tempted to get one, even though I never found the original series tricorder that interesting until now....
Love the work tested team ❤🔥
@@hippopotamus86 - No, never.
I worked at NASA-Langley, an R&D facility for nearly 10 years, and one of the great joys during my time there was when they would do a press conference about a new invention or patent, and the press would ask, “How did you come up with the idea for this?”, and 9 times out of 10, the answer would be, “Well, when I was a kid, I was watching Star Trek…”
I will never stop smiling about this. Trust me, whatever you’re wanting to see, they’re working on it.
Attended a San Diego Comic Con panel yesterday, the Science of Science Fiction. 5 of the 7 panelist stated Star Trek was their inspiration to getting into science. The remaining two were one was X-Files and the other stated they had little exposure to TV so it was the great authors of Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein. Star Trek continues to inspire me, 50 years later!
This is so true, Star Trek just seeds so many ideas that are so fun to explore through design and science!
Hogwash.
I’m not a collector of replicas but $300 for something of this detail and quality is well worth it for Trek fans!
Yeah, same here, i like Star Trek, mostly the Borg era (because it is my name and i like cyborg stuff, plus Picard is my favorite captain), but this is a beauty, and i would definitely buy it if the stock is plenty for me stumble upon one.
But i see others talking about it probably costing more than that (500+) when it eventually goes into production, which will probably be true.
No way, this is only 300 USD? That's a friggin' steal.
@@ZesPak From The Wand Company website: “We’re aiming for a recommended retail price of $300 to $350 USD”.
@@ZesPak it was mentioned early in the development that was their target ... but I seriously think that it will have to cost a good deal more .. and rightly so
Probably $400-450. Right around a no for me.
$350, sure if I can buy direct, and not some jacked up price on ebay.
I really enjoyed this because he was literally doing a product demo. Explaining some parts were still samples and not final. But you can also tell there is a genuine love for the device. The brief frustration in his voice when he had the tricorder on the stand and the strap didn’t really have anywhere to go. Just a beautiful piece of craftsmanship and presentation.
Agreed, although I wish he was a little less of a compliment sponge. Adam kept expressing his appreciation but was not acknowledged. Felt like a one sided sales pitch with the salesman tolerating interruptions to his pitch.
@@carpediem4619 Not everyone has the same reaction. He may not be saying much, but he's British. Watch his face, though, whenever Adam gushes about something, he gets a huge smile.
@@carpediem4619 God, I bet you're un at parties...
@@carpediem4619Yeah, I got the same feeling watching this. He's a very good british salesman, but his robot responses to Adam's excitement didn't work. He may not have known who Adam was and how important he is when it comes to prop making.
@carpediem4619 THAT is a really dumb criticism. Every human being is different & acts differently to compliments. Be more tolerant
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Best ever prop replica I have ever seen hands down. Only 300$? Wow they outdone themselves
"Aiming" for MSRP of $300. I love trying to guess prices on stuff like this, and my guess was $500. So even if their $300 ends up being a little more, I'm still impressed.
Wow, i just joked about having to sell a kidney, but even i can pony up $300.
$500 is too much for a casual purchase though, but if they don't sell out right away, i might have some time to mull it over.
The new Fallout PipBoy they just announced is only selling for $199. The Tricorder seems like it has far more components and functionality so I think a price point around $300 is perfectly reasonable.
it almost not prop, am almost sure is only every terminal to the ship main computers, own functions where very limited, the very episode (with Joan Collins), the end of every after, or thing? Mr Spock, try make missing parts get it going, as spoke of "working with only Knives and bears skins" get going cloud of smoke and bang later" this prop is self contained, no out side, works needed? 🙂
TAKE MY MONEY!!!!
"Cosplay was the process of pouring your body into a narrative that meant something to you." "It's a ludicrous object. And its existence feels like a spectacular nod to the stories that build us." Adam, this is why what you do; who you are, is so validating. You channel and give currency to the relationship sci-fi fans have to these treasured imaginary worlds that we grew up with. Your passion for this material validates what many of us have felt our whole lives - that these books, these shows, these comics were/are/will aways be more than mere stories. They liberate our imaginations to go places and experience things that are beyond our everyday experience. I am so glad you do what you do. For me, I was cosplaying Star Trek as a child of the 1970's long before "cosplay" was part of the vernacular. To us, a 9v battery was a Type 1 phaser. A metal Surcrets box was a communicator. And those metal flip top Band-Aid boxes were our tricorders. But this beautiful, shockingly functional replica prop touches on the same joy we exerienced with those crude stand-ins of my childhood.
Cosplay is an inherited word from Japan (Kosu-pure). Entered english in the 90s first with Anime fans… then spread wider
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Nerding out over gadgets Adam is my favorite Adam.
An SD card slot and video player would be a huge benefit to this, imagine storing all of the TOS episodes on it and being able to watch them on the tricorder itself!
❤and with the medical wand--actually taking temperature, heart rate and respirations!😂 Can you imagine the child in all of us having a nurse come do your vitals like you're in sick bay? Imagine the cooperation you'd get from the grumpiest old dude who was a childhood fan!🎉Props for THIS PROP!!!
How about one step farther? Add a discreet, strategically placed camera to record video and audio to the SD Cards? (Might as well also say-the camera could be normal/infrared, and night vision!)
@@darylmullins4369 And a hidden 80s/90s game emulator in it, haha, i'd love to be playing (and recording) Streets of Rage II on the Tricorder!
The build logs for the tricorder indicate that the Wand Company did put (or at least, had) an SD Card slot in the hood. It remains to be seen if that functionality can be built upon. (In fact, you can SEE the SD card slot on the side of the Hood at 15:00.)
Yes!!! Display photos and play sounds. Video would be a huge!
My favorite bit of kit from TOS. Aside from being one of the best episodes, "City On The Edge of Forever" actually showed close-ups of the bloody thing. (It wasn't until I got my Starfleet Technical Manual that I could imagine how it might work.) Seeing this exist is fantastic!
"It will be mine. Oh, yes -- it will be mine."
The Captain's logs function blew my mind. That's amazing.
A lot of work went into that.
Love that Wand Company have incorporated real-life functionality into the Tricorder, and the retro leather holster is such a nice touch! :D
I didn’t see any real life functionality. Maybe the audio recording, but that’s about it
@@electrictroy2010 The radiation sensor for EM fields in electrical cables, the atmosphere sensor (temperature, humidity and pressure) and the compass.
I've been waiting YEARS for this to finish development having already bought the phaser and communicator. This is a MUST-HAVE for me. It's an incredible piece of kit. LOVE IT!
Just think - in a year or so you'll be able to make Starfleet calls through the Starlink satellite constellation. New capabilities coming online allow communications with any standard smartphone.
How well does the phone work with voice dialing with an iPhone?
@@donjones4719works exactly the same as asking Siri or Google to call somebody thru headphones
@donjones4719 NO a standard cellphone cannot send signals miles into space. Broadcast range with 3G thru 5G is only 1/2 mile approximately.
You need to upgrade your phone to one that’s satellite capable
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@@electrictroy2010 for a couple of years there have been direct satellite linkups, such as Apple’s new SOS feature. It’s not voice but it is sent by satellite.
@@electrictroy2010 The WAS true. But SpaceX has put up the first few prototypes of the latest model of Starlink satellite. It's designed for use with an unmodified cell phone. SpaceX has demonstrated making telephones calls like this. It'll be a while before it's generally available but SpaceX has an excellent track record with Starlink. Several hundred satellites will have to go up but SpaceX is launching over 200 satellites per month now.
However, this isn't meant for use in well-populated areas, it's meant to be able to keep in touch when in remote areas. I mentioned it because simply being able to do this at all from a Star Trek communicator (via a cell phone) will be so totally cool.
Adam should’ve worn his Star Fleet uniform. The craftsmanship, the VFX, the sound fx, so cool. 10/10
My god this is MAGNIFICENT. I think I am going to have to buy two...first time for anything...I'm getting two! I wish Gene were alive to see this!!! Thanks to the Wand Company for an engineering marvel and for thanks to Adam for showcasing this fantastic creation brought to real life!!!
my dad passed away a few months ago and he absolutely loved star wars and star trek, he would go see every movie the day after opening night and each series as it came out and he would have absolutely love these
I can’t remember the last time I felt like a little kid. This did it. I’m still smiling ear to ear .😊
26:18 I remember asking my dad back when the show was in prime time, if he thought they would ever make self opening doors like they had on the Enterprise. He didn't know. But about 10 years later, they were being installed in buildings everywhere.
But they still don't work as fast as the ones in Star Trek which were operated by hand with people behind the scenes yanking them open :-).
I'm old enough to remember when supermarkets got those rubber mat operated doors. 🤣 I think every kid of that era did the thing of lifting yourself off the mat by the railings & repeatedly activating the door.
@@tomhorsley6566To be fair, I think that's more to do with safety than technology. They don't want to squash your nan as she's trying to do her weekly shopping.
@MrEsphoenix IN bloopers you see a lot of Star Trek doors closing on people. In our world elevators sometimes do that, but they have sensors to stop the door
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@@electrictroy2010 but if they're traveling faster they're more dangerous, and that extra speed just isn't necessary for day to day use. Are you doubting we have the technology to make them faster?
Beyond his deep understanding and love of his products, Chris proves himself in these videos to be such a master at storytelling and conversation. Could listen to him for hours.
FINALLY, It's here! This is a lifelong dream come true. I love the Wand Company. I have the Phaser and Communicator. Now I'll be able to add the Tricorder to my Star Trek display!! Next up: the Medical Tricorder!
I remember talking to Bill about what he thought about the flip phone it when it first came out and how it resembled the communicator. This is whole new amazing level :) Thanks for making and sharing this !
I have been waiting for this ever since they first announced it years ago, cannot wait! It looks amazing
Tricorders are my favorite Star Trek props from every series and movie. Man, this one is a beauty!
Awesome episode! Love to see the two geek out over this Tricorder. Real fun wach!
At 7:12 the dude is talkign about the reds changing in video and then it cuts to another angle of the chips and the red one looks different.
Team Savage editors are brilliant.
At first it's #CE7860, then changes to #D25140. Very neat.
I was going to say exactly that, I'm only just watching this now and that transition was bizarre. Nice touch!
huh...being color blind sucks XD
Thanks to him for caring so much.
Every time I come to this channel, I get reminded that people are awesome
Have been waiting on this for years!!! Glad we are finally getting there! Will be great along side my WC phaser and comm! Always loved these classic trek prop and can't wait to complete the set!
Many years ago I was a developer on an early mobile application -- this was years before the iPhone, on Palm Pilots and later Windows CE, so it was pretty sci-fi to the users, and many of them were skeptical. I did many a demo at trade shows to people who'd never held a handheld computer before, and I learned an important lesson from that experience: let the customer play with the toy.
I can tell Adam is itching to touch this thing, but Chris does the unboxing for him, and spends most of the demo with the device in his own hands while Adam is watching and occasionally reaching over just to touch the thing. You should pay attention to that impulse to touch and respond to it. It's natural to want to be in the driver's seat when you're showing a product because after all you know all about your product and the punter knows nothing. I get it: it's *time efficient* to do the demo that way, or it would be if the goal of the demo is to perform a brain dump from you to the punter. But the real goal of the demo is to engage the customer with the product emotionally, and that's much more powerful if you let the customer run the demo while you try to guide him. For example Adam is delighted when he notices the disk insertion/release mechanism as Chris is using it. Imagine how much more powerful that delight would be if he discovered it himself.
Hear hear. I kept expecting it to switch into a hands-on segment, and it never really did. I presume they did that off camera to get the B-roll, but it would’ve been nice to see those reactions.
As Adam says, this is a ludicrous object, but it's a nod to the stories that inspired us. So many people working in science today acknowledge Star Trek as a major influence when young.
Going boldly where no prop has gone before!
As a life-long Trekkie, I can emphatically say that this is the collector's item I've been dreaming of since I was that little boy sitting on that gaudy shag carpet in front of my black-and-white TV just awestruck by what I was watching. This is truly impressive, especially for the price. Now, if only they can build a phaser that can actually stun people. 🤣
Better than a phasor that can actually stun people, have a glove Taser that lets you perform the Vulcan neck pinch.
I gotta say this was thoroughly enjoyable. As a 10 year old kid who faithfully watched Star Trek as it aired each week in the seventies, this is so cool.
Ordered the Pip boy and now signed up and registered for this one! I'm in! Met Shatner at a con a few years back and had him sign my model Enterprise ship replica. Now i gotta get him to sign this too.
Why are my eyes welling with tears over this?
Well done Chris and his entire team at The Wand Co.! I can't express my appreciation for your efforts and results in putting together this level of quality and functionality. Dreams do come true!
THANKS ADAM!
i can't believe what i just saw. the ships logs???!?!? that alone is absolutely staggering. i think i'm gonna cry
I had (still have?) a TNG era tricorder toy from the 90's. Got it on eBay and carried it daily to school; dress code was either a red or blue polo and nothing else. That tricorder (and a pin) let me cosplay everyday that I wasn't stuck in a religious fundamentalist school... I was a marooned Starfleet Officer attempting to integrate with a strange, blood obsessed culture. (Always with the blood! Washed in blood, drinking blood, eating flesh. What's up with that? It really is a very gory bloody religion!)
Anyway, my tricorder was like a lifeline. A totem. A symbol of science. It was my little defiance and one of a select few comforts in life.
TL;DR I love Trek and I'll be buying one immediately.
I had the same tri-corder i bet! You can turn the backlight on in the battery compartment?
I would love to see this company make one of them, as TNG is what i grew up on, as much as love the OS too.
Btw, amazing story. I loved it.
I hope you were Klingon tuff to walk around school like that!
How much blood did you actually drink though? How much flesh?
The number is sub-atomically close to zero.
It's good you had the Tricorder. It was instrumental in distracting you from your studies.
You might have understood about the unleavened bread and wine had you been without it.
Not into Star Trek. But that’s a lot packed into that. And it’s fun watching Adam geek out.
I have the communicator and phaser. The tricorder will be my trifecta, my hat trick, my holy trinity! I can’t wait!!
Thank you, Adam, for not only showcasing this, but doing it with the enthusiasm and love and adoration it richly holds in our hearts.
This is stunning. Just a fantastic ultra quality prop.
This is a damn masterpiece of prop building.
The addition of the captains logs is genius!!
OMG!!! I have been waiting for this for sooo long!
ive never even watched star trek, but this thing is just amazing.
It gives me the same excitement as a really cool tech product would do. Because it feels like a real thing.
Im hoping to see more replica's with this attention to detail, because seeing something with so much depth is delightful.
Whenever someone says "I've never watched Star Trek" my mind says " what did you do all your life?!?!?" 🤣🤣🤣
yes, its just missing mark being real? not prop, and is disappointing, it so close, to not actually being prop, but device, not even connected stat trek at all, its more functual than prop in show or even the films, as Adam, is always doing weather props, that only this looks to new, (no a fan averthing battered) looks like new the ships stores, not the Mr Spock or Dr McCune used?
I've been on the list to get info about this for years! Can't wait for it to come out! Looks amazing!
Same... I actually panicked when I saw the title of this video, I was sure they'd started preorders and I'd missed my notification! 😱
This is one of the coolest geek toys I have ever seen. Back in the day, the TOS Tricorder actually seemed centuries ahead of our time, and I never imagined we see a replica of it that was so advanced and functional as this one here. It shall be mine. Oh yes.
In the 70's there was a cassette tape recorder styled as a tricorder.
I remember that!! I couldn't afford one as a kid though. Looked it up.. now they're even more pricey on eBay 😆
@@MaxHeadroomGPT That would be great to have if I happened to need a working cassette player. I think they pre-date the universal lousy mechanism so lamented by TechMoan (The British one with the muppets). That would be so cool next to an 8-bit computer! Hay, how about modifying it to include a solid-state recorder as well, that can record from cassette. The screen can show waveform and diagnostic.
@@JohnDlugosz I wonder if someone has ever published 3D printer specs for it; you could make one for a Raspberry Pi PC, complete with working screen. I bet the buttons could be connected to the GPIO connector. Add a mini-Bluetooth card for wireless keyboard & mouse to run stuff & load apps designed to that would use the buttons & dials. The thing could have a massive SSD that could contain the entire TV show. Just a totally senseless uber-geek toy.
@@MaxHeadroomGPT Pi zero-W includes the Bluetooth and Wifi.
It's amazing how bad the tricorder design really is; now bearing in mind that nobody had any real experience with anything remotely like it, Mark and his department did a fair job primarily dealing with on-screen appearance. The mini-screen used the curved glass familiar from a TV, because that is what communicated "screen" to people at the time. The three buttons ought to line up under the screen or down the side, not in a row of their own, to easily label them on the screen.
The bulk of the device isn't for computing, but the scanning. Probably a huge power source and very special (and bulky) components for (e.g.) anti-proton source, lasers (see the martian ChemCam), and huge flat antenna array.
This is what You get when people produce something out of pure love and care. It is an amazing prop, congrats.
My mate Adam is a science teacher, from time to time when his questions to class are not receiving the hoped response, he will quietly get his model tricorder out & walk round with it , waiting to be asked what he’s up to he responds “ ...just scanning for life forms” god bless great teachers👍😀
“There is no intelligent life here.”
As a retired teacher (30+ years, elementary thru university), this just made me crack up. Your mate and I are kindred souls! Teaching will either drive one crazy, or make one find one’s true self. Please say hi to your mate for me ❤.
A perfect start to the week- wonder, enthusiasm, optimism, appreciation, and perspective!
I was on board when it was announced. So glad that you took the time to make it as awesome as possible.
So much thought, work, effort, and love of the show went into the creation of this prop reproduction. I've been watching the development occurring over the years now and looks like it is about to become a reality. WOW!
I’ve never been super big on Star Trek but this thing is incredibly cool.
As an industrial designer in the making AND A TREKKIE I am fangirling so hard at absolutely everything about this video I swear-
Watching Adam in the first three minutes of this trying to keep his hands from opening the box is magical. Signed up for this and it will be $300 well spent. I have spent more on less.
WOW. Thank you, Adam, for showing this!
This is gorgeous, and Adam asked every question that I wanted answered…❤❤❤
This is a dream come true. I am so overwhelmed. Kudos to the Wand company.
I don't know about you guys, but it feels darn good just seeing and Just hearing Adam fix and do science-based projects even in schools would be really cool 😎
TO hear Adam exclaim a joyfull OMG is rare! Its going to be epic!
I remember having the Revell model kit of the landing party set. communicator, phaser, tricorder. So much fun pretending.
When I got that set, it was the best day of my 12 year old life!🖖
I built a number of them as a kid for our 9 year old 'away' missions. They were much smaller than the original props but okay for our little hands.
The model kit was originally made by AMT, which also produced the starship models.
I got that kit a couple weeks ago. Now I have to build it.
@@dankamikubo7002 My mistake. It has been fifty years.
I love that they just went above and beyond for making this. They could have not done half of this stuff and it would have been good, but adding in all those details and extra things really shows the care and love that went into making it.
I love how it's like a dvd feature inside a replica prop
This thing was a labor of love. The best collector toy ive ever seen. These are going to go way up in price when they are gone.
What a magnificent object! CHILLS running down my spine, CHILLS.
Love Adam's reactions and the joy in the creator's voice as he is telling the story!
Yesterday I started watching Star Trek: Enterprise again, then today Adam is unboxing some beautiful Star trek memorabilia 😎
Superb!
I've never been able to grab one of TWC phasers, but I was lucky enough to be gifted one of their communicators. It is by far one of the best things I own.
Registered immediately! This will pair well with my Communicator and Phaser from The Wand Company 😁❤️
What he said about the future as envisioned in the 60s reminded me of the best definition I've ever heard of steampunk -- "yesterday's tomorrow." In the end, everything becomes steampunk as we arrive at the future and discover that it's not how we thought it would be.
The most charming thing about this to me is how the little screen is shaped like a tiny CRT, and how the tricorders of today -- tablets, etc. -- don't even have much memory but would just network to the nearest computer. As a lifelong nerd, the warmth and affection I feel about these things surprises even me.
Outstanding! I must have one. I honestly expected it to be more than $300. I do hope it does the warbling whistle scan sound it's so famous for - I didn't hear that during the demo
I thought the same thing… imagine walking around a con pretending to be a landing party… sweet
I almost cried, that is a beautiful and a wondrous replica!!
Ah the TS-120. A bit more likely to explode, but a classic.
Trials and Tribblations?
*Insert Captain America "I understood that reference!" meme here*
@@SWATStrachan Strange New Worlds/Lower Decks crossover
@@KazyEXE *gags involuntarily*
@@SWATStrachan sorry but lower decks is probably the best trek in almost 30 years
@@KazyEXE I'm afraid that's something that we'll have to agree to disagree on, but hey if you enjoy it then good for you, but it's really not my cup of Earl Grey, as far as I'm concerned Trek ended with the conclusion of Enterprise (and even that finale was shockingly bad!).
This goes up and beyond. Absolute insanity. What a time for props. Incredible.
wow so freaken cool!
Yesterday I used and held one of these at the Energizer Bar at San Diego Comic Con. I was absolutely speechless. It was amazing, delivering everything envisioned and more.
This looks awesome!
Amazing work and attention to detail in this object. Just love it when Adam gets overwhelmed by the details and joy of an object.
I imagine it would be hard for people who are not Star Trek fans to be unimpressed with this.
I had to re-read this, and agree .. an amazing story between 2 people on an amazing ‘thing’
goosebumps! I have been waiting for this for so long! And for YEARS I have been obsessed with trying to build a *practical* version of a tricorder.. something with like, an air quality meter, magnetometer, IR imaging, range finding, etc...
I hope Mangy_Dog gets his mitts on one of these and does his... magic to fill it up with proper technology like he did with his Voyager tricorder, which is probably one of the most amazing piece of fan made prop i have ever seen.
Wow this is really outstanding. I've been subscribed to their emails for a while and have enjoyed following along, but seeing it like this in action is just a JOY!
I’m waiting for the day some cosplayer from RPF wants an in-universe accurate matter replicator so much they just design and build one that really works.
I have spent so many hours playing but only have found about half of this stuff. Thanks for sharing.
There was a ds9 x original series crossover and it reminds me of Dax who's symbiote reminded her of how nice the old tricortors
The "Ship's Compass" was the Astrogator, sitting between the helmsman and the navigator. It was originally described (Star Trek Technical Manual-Franz Joseph Designs) as being centered on Earth. What was shown on the Tricorder screen was actually the ship's plot screen from the navigator's console.
In the 70's I built my own out of cardboard. Imagination > $$.
He mentions the 60's camera case. We would just strap on an empty and wave it around.
I did too.
I'm not a "Treky" although I watched it as a child with my Dad but this has to be one of the coolest things I have seen in years!!! - Masterpiece is the right word!!
Hello, Adam!! 🙋♂️
When the captain's log plays in this video, it gave me chills.
"He's dead Jim, you get his wallet and I'll get his Tricorder."
Wow, being able to hear the captains log is unreal! the amount of detail in this is just fantastic, I want one bigtime!!!!!!
But do you have the video Spock slowed down with stone knives and bearskins from City on the Edge of Forever? [And seconds after I asked, he showed us the video :-]
I need to get one of these for my Dad hopefully before he passes way. He has always been a huge fan of Star Trek!!! I hope it comes out soon..
Adam: "So, when can we expect to get our hands on this wonderful tricorder!?"
Wand: "We were thinking only 3 to 7 more years to finish up the fine points and make it perfect. Then we'll post a release date on our website that is a year away from the date that we promise"
I've been waiting for Wand to finish this up for so long that I fear I may die of old age before I actually get to buy one.
Definitely some bitterness here as well. It was great to see the Fallout Pip-Boy reveal, which I've already preordered, but come on, the show just aired on Amazon and you already have preorders up? While the Tricorder languishes for years? I get that $$$ talks, but that really feels like a bit of a kick to the yarbles.
I like all of these Wand Company project discussions. I have been following them since their start!
Wants one 😎
This is the greatest replica prop I've ever seen 🙌
Adam is jonesing to pick it up and hold it the entire time. Lol. How long can he hold out?
Holy crap! The level of detail and the degree of commitment on this are out of this world!!
Put your reading glasses on bro... no shame in it!
i always love seeing your excitement its so pure and wholesome