Know the near-magical handheld analysis gadgets known as "tricorders" that everyone carries in Star Trek? A cognitive science researcher has created a real-world version. "The open source science ...

Star Trek-like open-source tricorder sees magnetic fields and more, MSNBC “A person with that level of smarts, apparently, has enough brain power leftover in his spare time to invent tricorders, not ...

Efforts to build a Star Trek tricorder-like device have been ongoing for at least a decade or two now, with various individuals and organizations contributing their own idea to the concept. For those ...

One of the most iconic devices from the science fiction universe of Star Trek is the Tricorder, a handheld device often used for scanning, analysis, and recording. There have been many ...

Remember the tricorder, that ubiquitous, do-everything handheld tool featured in the Star Trek TV program? Take a handheld computer, wave it around in front of a person to diagnose illnesses, or hold ...

The world of Star Trek featured a handheld device that was used to scan the health of patients. In 2014, it came to light that Alphabet’s “Moonshot Factory” was trying to create such a gadget, with ...