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I find it amusing that Star Trek didn't anticipate communicators or tricorders having a flashlight function like our phones do. When they need lights, they eith
by SaberTail 4y ago
I find it amusing that Star Trek didn't anticipate communicators or tricorders having a flashlight function like our phones do. When they need lights, they either carry special-purpose ones or shoot a rock with a phaser to make it glow.
Generously, maybe someone did think of it, but it would have been too difficult to make a prop with a bright enough light source.
- vel0city 4y agoI use my phone's flashlight a good bit, it is very useful. That said, if I was going on some away mission where lighting was going to be questionable, I'd probably bring some kind of dedicated lighting equipment like a flashlight. My flashlights have adjustable beams. They throw out many times more light than my phone's flashlight. Using the dedicated flashlight gives a way better lighting experience than using my phone's flashlight. But it is like cameras, the best flashlight is the one on you.
- Jemm 4y agoHonestly if I could shoot a rock with a phaser to make it glow, I wouldn't bother with a flash light either.
- freeflight 4y agoAs far as I remember the shooting rock with phaser thing was more about having a source of heat, as not to freeze to death. I can see the communicator on the chest being used as a flashlight with the powerful LED we have today. But 90s TV show prop departments would probably have had one hell of a time trying to make that work, and practical, so instead they gave everybody futuristic looking flashlights aka "palm beacons" [0] [0] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Palm_beacon https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Palm_beacon
- eternityforest 4y agoPretty much everyone who does field work still has a flashlight. It runs down the battery and you might not want to be holding a phone if there's rain. Plus, flashlights are very fast to access. And often brighter.