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
Nanotechnology is advancing tools likened to Star Trek’s “tricorder” that perform on-the-spot chemical analysis for a range of applications including medical testing, explo... 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
The three products–SCOUT, ScanaFlo, and ScanaFlu–will all be released by the end of 2013. No more searching the medicine cabinet for the thermometer or being worried that your bl... Read more
The data could provide a wealth of information for a doctor to form an accurate diagnosis much faster With the way technology is heading, it’s a certainty that we’ll have a gadge... Read more
Jansen’s tricorder can’t detect spatial anomalies or identify alien biology The Star Trek tricorder has become a reality, thanks to the hobby project of a cognitive science resea... Read more
US$10 million Tricorder X-PRIZE The future technology depicted in the various Star Trek TV series and films certainly holds a lot of appeal for many of us – who wouldn’t want to... Read more
Forty-five years ago, the first episode of Star Trekaired on NBC. It was five years after the Soviet Union launched the first human into space, and the franchise explored a fictional 23rd ce... Read more
Ultimately the DDU may be able to diagnose a wide range of illness While Star Trek-style multifunctional medical “tricorders” are still in the realm of sci-fi, scientists at the... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Triage technology comes with a Star Trek twist, at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate (DHS S&T). Determining who needs me... Read more