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 ...

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.

Before going into the sensors, after the first design (the Mark 1), each of my “tricorder projects” has examined a different aspect of the design of a pocket-sized handheld multisensor device ...

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, ...

Even with smartphones chock full of hundreds of useful apps, the geeks of the world will never be satisfied until the handheld tricorders from Star Trek are made a reality. And thanks to Dr. Peter ...

Markers like these in a CT scan can help scientists determine what genes are active in liver cancer. Image: Michael Kuo/UCSD Department Of Radiology Two recent scientific discoveries mark the ...