A Star Trek-inspired handheld device based on a silicon chip could help make rapid, sophisticated medical diagnostics more accessible to people around the world, scientists say. In a new pap... Read more
The Chem-Phys patch monitors both biochemical and electric signals in the human body at the same time — a first Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed the f... Read more
V-Sense Medical’s device can measure your vital signs—from a distance When Jeff Nosanov’s baby was born and ended up in intensive care, something scary happened: the tiny vital s... Read more
TAU researchers move Star Trek‘s fictional “Tricorder” into the real world For the crew of the Starship Enterprise, Star Trek’s “Tricorder” was an essenti... Read more
Scientists at the Univ. of Southampton are aiming to develop a handheld testing device to provide same day diagnosis from a patient’s bedside. In the fictional Star-Trek universe, the tricor... Read more
In the Star Trek universe, handheld medical tricorders became standard issue for Starfleet vessels as early as the mid-22nd century. Here in a little place we like to call “reality,” a compe... Read more