Make it so: Google made a working Star Trek Communicator badge

And you thought Google's ideas came from years of analysis, thoughtful design and just being way smarter than the rest of us. Nope. It seems that sometimes the company's engineers just watched TV.
At least TV was the inspiration for a prototype lapel pin that let you talk to a computer for information. Yup, straight out of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
"I always wanted that pin,” Google's Amit Singhal told Time while showing of the Google Star Trek communicator badge. “You just as