The aim of the project is to make science fiction science fact, encouraging the creation of a medical scanning device that would mimic some of the key functions of the iconic Star Trek tricorder.

So that’s exactly what maker Mangy Dog dog did when they built a replica of a Star Trek tricorder that looks straight out of the 24th century.

It is possible that the functions of the psycho-tricorder were later incorporated into the standard medical tricorder or made redundant by other techniques.

Learn about a new service called teleMED Assist which can connect you directly with medical staff for advice and assistance. It's almost like a real-life version of Star Trek's tricorder.

For the last few years, [Mangy_Dog] has been working on what is easily the most technically and aesthetically impressive Star Trek tricorder prop the world has ever seen. With each new version of ...

Wouldn't it be amazing if we all had a personal medical scanning device like Star Trek's tricorder? Now the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE is hoping to make it ...

What does a prop like the tricorder that appeared in the 1960s TV series Star Trek and its subsequent franchises have to do with trucking industry trends in 2016? Maybe more than you think. At the ...

But much like Star Trek’s Holodeck is the gold standard of virtual reality systems, the tricorder concept has inspired folks to develop better portable health tools.

Fans of Star Trek will be familiar with the medical tricorder – an electronic device that made instant, painless diagnoses. Despina Moschou looks at how close these are to reality ...

Two XPRIZE Tricorder competition finalists could help average consumers diagnose themselves for a variety of conditions.

Building a real-life version of the Star Trek tricorder has been the goal of engineers and hackers alike since the first time Dr McCoy complained about being asked to work outside of his job ...

Bear with us while we geek out. The tricorder is a fictional handheld do-everything device from Star Trek. Starfleet issued tricorders with three basic scanning functions --geological (GEO ...