A detailed Mark IX Tricorder marks eFX’s first foray into Star Trek collectibles. The $350 replica (pictured) of the space gadget seen in Star Trek: First Contact will be available for preorder ...

Forget the iPhone, real gadgetphiles carry a tricorder. ... Star Trek Mark IX Science Tricorder Replica Can’t Tell Chroniton from Beresium By Gizmodo.com Published March 29, 2008 ...

Star Trek has made an entire world imagine the unimaginable and dream of the unthinkable, from the magical teleports to the glorious tricorders that are able to diagnose any injury or illness or ...

Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek told a tale of a future society where scientific exploration and curiosity were highly valued, racial and ethnic disputes on Earth were a thing of the past (although ...

Dr. Peter Jansen runs the Tricorder Project, where he designs and builds real-life Tricorders, and then open-sources their designs for anyone to recreate themselves.

The Mark 2 tricorder, which is the more sophisticated of the two devices, runs Debian Linux on an ARM920T-based Amtel microcontroller. It is designed in a clamshell form factor, ...