url URL date not supplied brian sez vocera communications has developed what is essentially a star trek tng style lapel communicator device that uses wifi to transmit voice across networks the vocera communications system consists of vocera server software residing on a customer premise server and vocera communications badges which operate over a wireless lan NUMBER NUMBERb the badge which weighs less than NUMBER ounces includes a microphone and speaker lcd readout to display text messages and an NUMBER NUMBERb wireless radio it can be clipped to a shirt pocket or collar or worn on a lanyard link NUMBER discuss NUMBER _thanks brian NUMBER _ NUMBER URL NUMBER URL NUMBER URL 