What the XPRIZE’s tricorder-like devices can do ... and all are at least inspired by Star Trek medical officer Dr. McCoy’s favorite tool. Competition sponsor Qualcomm Foundation first whittled ...

Star Trek is a cultural icon known for its bold ... molecular manufacturing techniques similar to the Replicator. The Medical Tricorder is a compact, handheld device used by doctors to diagnose ...

Well, another Star Trek gadget is on the verge of becoming common. The tricorder-- the device that Spock and Dr. McCoy would use to analyze all kinds of objects and materials on the show -- is ...

While the Star Trek tricorder remains the stuff of science ... The winner was Final Frontier Medical Devices, based in Paoli, Philadelphia, whose DxtER device was capable of diagnosing 13 ...

Amazingly, there is a real-life device similar to the "Star Trek" medical tricorder — the DxtER, which performs health tests and diagnoses conditions without requiring more invasive exams.

Until then, [Peter Jansen] has dedicated a few years of his life to making the Tricorder of the Star Trek universe a reality. It’s his entry for The Hackaday Prize, and made it to the finals ...

It's inspired by Star Trek's medical tricorder, a diagnostic super-computer. But turning science fiction into reality, it turns out, is a tricky nut to crack. In fact, the tricorder is giving ...