Doctor's HoloCam

swaaye · February 9 2009, 10:10 PM

I've been wanting to share this. The doctor's holocam is rather obviously a R/C car radio. In fact, I used to have that exact radio. It's from the Airtronics Avenger line. It's a low-cost 2 channel ground radio for RC vehicles. Nice and rounded, for the 24th century!
http://www.airtronics.net/airtronics_Avenger.asp

It was a cool prop, but I giggled cuz it was obviously my RC radio.

Holodeck Addict · February 9 2009, 10:23 PM

Im currently re-watching Voyager and everytime I see his holocam I can't help but think, damn that's big!

I mean that far into the future you figure It would be small, at least the size of a credit card like some of todays cameras.

JNG · February 10 2009, 01:57 AM

Since the tech for realistic holograms was new enough in "Encounter at Farpoint" to surprise Riker (2364), I don't mind that a device capable of recording a photorealistic 3D image is not yet credit card-sized when Voyager departs (2371).

es! · February 12 2009, 10:49 AM

^I like this explanation. I too have been wondering why that thingy was so damn big LOL

leola · February 13 2009, 10:04 PM

Amazing tune up. The green lights on the side make it so much more real.

Gates · February 18 2009, 07:23 AM

leola wrote:

Amazing tune up. The green lights on the side make it so much more real.

But isn't that true of everything?

Unicron · February 19 2009, 12:49 AM

Blinky lights are the real essential in sci-fi. Everything else is fluff.

Bacl · February 19 2009, 01:09 AM

JNG wrote:

Since the tech for realistic holograms was new enough in "Encounter at Farpoint" to surprise Riker (2364), I don't mind that a device capable of recording a photorealistic 3D image is not yet credit card-sized when Voyager departs (2371).

Keep in mind too that the Doc's holocam had MAJOR capabilities. It didn't just grab a 3D holo-image, but recorded (if memory serves) all kinds of spectrum information when he used it for scenic shots, and micro-cellular details when photographing patients.

Think back to Latent Image. In order to record that much information about his patients, that little holo-cam had to do some pretty powerful photographing!

I actually liked seeing that not all tech was credit card sized. Sometimes, you just can't make everything using nano-probes and magic fairy dust!

SonicRanger · February 19 2009, 01:17 AM

Quark had a much smaller (and less RC controller) holocam:

http://ds9.trekcore.com/gallery/albu...ridian_291.jpg

Tachyon · February 19 2009, 06:16 AM

SonicRanger wrote:

Quark had a much smaller (and less RC controller) holocam:

http://ds9.trekcore.com/gallery/albu...ridian_291.jpg

OMG! Is that from the episode where Quark tried desperately create a holoprogram of Kira? It was HILARIOUS!

February 9 2009, 10:10 PM	#1
swaaye Lieutenant Commander	Doctor's HoloCam I've been wanting to share this. The doctor's holocam is rather obviously a R/C car radio. In fact, I used to have that exact radio. It's from the Airtronics Avenger line. It's a low-cost 2 channel ground radio for RC vehicles. Nice and rounded, for the 24th century! http://www.airtronics.net/airtronics_Avenger.asp It was a cool prop, but I giggled cuz it was obviously my RC radio.

February 9 2009, 10:23 PM	#2
Holodeck Addict Ensign	Re: Doctor's HoloCam Im currently re-watching Voyager and everytime I see his holocam I can't help but think, damn that's big! I mean that far into the future you figure It would be small, at least the size of a credit card like some of todays cameras.

February 10 2009, 01:57 AM	#3
JNG Chief of Staff, Starfleet Command	Re: Doctor's HoloCam Since the tech for realistic holograms was new enough in "Encounter at Farpoint" to surprise Riker (2364), I don't mind that a device capable of recording a photorealistic 3D image is not yet credit card-sized when Voyager departs (2371). Last edited by JNG; February 10 2009 at 05:20 PM.

February 12 2009, 10:49 AM	#4
es! Commander Location: Austria	Re: Doctor's HoloCam ^I like this explanation. I too have been wondering why that thingy was so damn big LOL

February 13 2009, 10:04 PM	#5
leola Lieutenant Location: Canada	Re: Doctor's HoloCam Amazing tune up. The green lights on the side make it so much more real.

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February 19 2009, 12:49 AM	#7
Unicron Continuity Spackle Location: Seeking harmony	Re: Doctor's HoloCam Blinky lights are the real essential in sci-fi. Everything else is fluff. __________________ "My dream is to eat candy and poop emeralds. I'm halfway successful." Catbert, Evil Director of Human Resources

February 19 2009, 01:17 AM	#9
SonicRanger Rear Admiral Location: Sheffield, England	Re: Doctor's HoloCam Quark had a much smaller (and less RC controller) holocam: http://ds9.trekcore.com/gallery/albu...ridian_291.jpg __________________ "STAR TREK is... Action - Adventure - Science Fiction." -- Gene Roddenberry, 1964, top of the first page of his original pitch and outline for Star Trek