Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 1:51pm
Scanadu is a handheld medical monitoring device which you can use to obtain vital signs, just like Star Trek's tricorders.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - 1:57pm
In Star Trek, it's possible to wave a tricorder in the general direction of something mysterious and have the instrument tell you exactly what it is. This DIY spectrometer kit for your smartphone promises to do nearly the same thing, and it'll cost you just $65.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 8:27am
Tech startup Scanadu has created a medical diagnostic scanner that finally appears worthy of being called a medical tricorder. The device measures key vital signs and sends the information to your smartphone, and with additional screening questions it can then recommend whether an ER trip is necessary.
Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 8:16am
Do you hear that loud sound? It's the X Prize Foundation's challenge siren calling all tinkers to build a working mobile medical Tricorder. X Prize is offering $10 million dollars to the winner. Do you think you've got what it takes?
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 10:23am
When Dr. McCoy on Star Trek aims his medical tricorder at a patient, it tells him exactly what's wrong within seconds. Of course, that's in the 23rd century. In 2010, we have the Lawrence Livermore Microbial Detection Array (LLMDA), a...
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 5:22am
Now is not the perfect time to buy an HDTV. You just missed all the fab Black Friday door-buster deals, and the real HDTV deals materialize between New Year's and the Super Bowl. Further complicating your HDTV investment decision are...
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- aliens
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- back to the future
- buyer's guide
- Christmas
- electronics
- fashion
- flux capacitor
- Tech
- Gift Guide
- gifts
- Hannukah
- holidays
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- movies
- pop culture
- sci-fi
- science fiction
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- star trek
- star wars
- Tech
- terminator
- the force
- Tricorder
- USB drive
- women
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 5:28am
Let's face it: if there's a sci-fi geek in your life that means a lot to you, then you know how this time of year can be a real headache when it comes to finding unique geeky gifts. Sure, there...
Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 9:07am
Here's the closest device yet to a Star Trek tricorder. Developed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, this 15"x8"x6" device can check body temperature, heart rate and respiration of victims up to 40 feet away....
Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 9:22am
Want a piece of those incredible technologies from Star Trek? You've already got it. Those automatically opening doors existed when the first Star Trek episode aired 43 years ago. Cellphones (think Motorola StarTAC), and smartphones blow away the capabilities of...
