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 ...

Star Trek has inspired the latest high-tech challenge from the X Prize Foundation, with organizers vowing to award $10 million US to whomever recreates the medical tricorder used in the TV and ...

J.J. Abrams' cinematic re-envisioning of the Star Trek universe portrayed by a new cast, and set in an alternate reality from earlier films and series (referred to as the "Kelvin" timeline).