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    One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/12/09

    In reply to One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
    "What does it do? It can detect killer gasses in the air."

    Since I'm usually the source of those 'killer gasses' I don't need some fancy gadget that tells me, he who smelt it, dealt it... #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of rcerwinski001 rcerwinski001
    11/12/09

    In reply to One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
    a sensor like this for diabetes (blood sugar) would be awesome. put your thumb on it and it gives you a reading, tracks your history and e-mails your doctor if you go off the deep end
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/12/09

    In reply to One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
    Pshaw. I already modded my iPhone to detect dangerous gasses.

    I stapled it to a canary... #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of ForensicGuy ForensicGuy
    11/12/09

    In reply to One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
    Captain, the tricorder is reading elevated pheromone levels in the male, indicating that he would like to mate with the female. Fascinating. #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/12/09

    @ForensicGuy: Eww you lifted part of that off of Ratchet from Transformers. #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of kumquat kumquat
    11/12/09

    In reply to One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
    There's a pretty awesome Tricorder app for Android. It uses the built-in sensors to show gravitational and magnetic field information, light intensity, temperature, geographic info, and even downloads sunspot info.

    I dig the gas-sensing chip though.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/12/09

    In reply to One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
    No, sorry... I think one day any one of these might be remembered as the first "real" tricorder.

    [www.stim.com]
    [www.media.mit.edu]
    [www.gereports.com]

    The iPhone system is definitely nice, but a little late to be posting "First!!!" in the Tricorder thread. #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    11/12/09

    @met2art: Would you expect anything else from Mr. Diaz though? #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/12/09

    @NorwoodIsMyHero: Sadly, no... but I felt the need to provide at least a small measure of clarification and edification to the readers who might not doubt the veracity of his statement. Those are some kickass "Tricorder" devices. The iPhone is nifty, versatile, and popular, but credit where credit is due... that was 30 seconds of "research" I did.

    It should also be noted that Gene Roddenberry actually approved the use of the name "tricorder" for the TR-107 TRICORDER Mark 1 from Vital Technologies, in 1996, a full thirteen years prior to this "new" iPhone device. #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of Tric Tric
    11/12/09


    @met2art: Or this:
    [tech.groups.yahoo.com]

    which already has toxic gas detection

    or this:
    [cogsci.mcmaster.ca] #iphonechemicalsensor
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    met2art promoted this comment Tric was starred Tric was unstarred
    Image of AndrosZ AndrosZ
    11/12/09

    In reply to One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
    If it doesn't flip open it's not a tricorder! Also, it must have flashing lights with no discernible purpose. #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of ri59 ri59
    11/12/09

    In reply to One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
    Related, am looking forward to when we can plug it into our cars and get pertinent data out concerning performance instead of taking to an expensive garage. (I know some custom programs available for phones that run java). #iphonechemicalsensor
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    met2art promoted this comment ri59 was starred ri59 was unstarred
    Image of met2art met2art
    11/12/09

    @ri59: Already available for your iPhone....

    [www.devtoaster.com]
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    Image of Brett Benedict Brett Benedict
    11/12/09

    In reply to One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
    Damnit man, I'm a Giz reader not a scientist! #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    11/12/09

    In reply to One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
    It would be interesting to see a variety of sensors such as those that detect radiation, bomb materials, etc. #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of nick's after the gnarly necter.. 800. nick's after the gnarly necter.. 800.
    11/12/09

    In reply to One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
    teleportation is a lie. you die. it's just a copy on the other side. #iphonechemicalsensor
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    dingus promoted this comment nick's after the gnarly necter.. 800. was starred nick's after the gnarly necter.. 800. was unstarred
    Image of met2art met2art
    11/12/09

    @nick's after the gnarly necter.. 800.: I believe this SMBC comic sums up your idea quite well...

    [www.smbc-comics.com] #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/12/09

    In reply to One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
    So what exactly does the iPhone app "iProRecorder" (pictured) have to do with this? #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    11/12/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton:
    That's Easy!

    "Captain's Log: Stardate 44375.5 I made this gas sensor from my cell phone today, so I will know when their are toxic concentrations of deadly gases in the air. Like now I can see that there is a lethal concentration of chlorine gas in the air right now."

    /gagging and wretching noise

    " Must warn others... Gas sensor useless..."

    /loud thud as body hits the ground.

    Computer's Voice: "End Playback." #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of eldouche eldouche
    11/12/09

    In reply to One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
    What about that one a few years ago, the Mark 1, that could detect the level of chlorophyll in plants? #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    11/12/09

    @eldouche: Glancing at your post, I completely read it as "detect the level of methane in pants" --- sigh - my eyes deceive me once again. #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of eldouche eldouche
    11/12/09

    @BergenCountyJC: That would be pretty swell. #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of Brett Benedict Brett Benedict
    11/12/09

    @eldouche: More like borophyll. #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/12/09

    @Brett Benedict: More like chlorofail. Oh, snap! #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of franco1975 franco1975
    11/12/09

    In reply to One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
    Activate this near me on the days i eat burrito and it will blow up. #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of dingus dingus
    11/12/09

    @franco1975: Build your own. #iphonechemicalsensor
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    dingus was starred dingus was unstarred
    Image of franco1975 franco1975
    11/12/09

    @dingus: fart, iphone or tricorder? #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of RedEyeNinja RedEyeNinja
    11/12/09

    In reply to One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
    iWonder if this will work with the iFart app...oh wait, the iPhone doesn't multitask...oh snap. #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of NaeemTHM NaeemTHM
    11/12/09

    @RedEyeNinja: #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of NaeemTHM NaeemTHM
    11/12/09

    @NaeemTHM: Man you guys are just getting lazy. #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/12/09

    @NaeemTHM: Yes they are. It's cute though. #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/12/09

    @RedEyeNinja: You know, even as someone who doesn't love the iPhone, that sort of attempt at sarcastic humor is just getting old and pointless...

    There are many other reasons to dislike the iPhone... try coming up with one of your own instead of being unoriginal, and repeating past performances based on popularity and style alone. Eventually people will catch on and realize you haven't brought anything new to the table for a while, and are just coasting... #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of RedEyeNinja RedEyeNinja
    11/12/09

    @met2art: how would I know what I'm talking about if I didn't have an iPhone? to know that having an app like this AND having it not be able to share valuable data with another equally "useful" app.

    Get off your high horse and use a landline sometimes... #iphonechemicalsensor
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/12/09

    @RedEyeNinja: What, no sarcasm-detection app? How about an eyeroll-detection app? #iphonechemicalsensor
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