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Touch Screen RC Star Trek Enterprise Boldly Goes Where No RC Vehicle Has Gone Before

Interstellar space flight may have been poo-poo'd on by astrophysicists this week, but that doesn't mean we can't have a little pseudo space-faring fun with this first-of-its-kind RC Star Trek Enterprise. Due to arrive in May 2009, the $80 foam flyer is controlled via a vintage Star Trek touchscreen communicator (Captain James T. Kirk womanizing is not necessary, but recommended). More »

1:00 PM on Sun Aug 24 2008
By Jack Loftus
12,182 views, 32 comments

Latest by codemagic: So... after the Las Vegas Hilton sees this they just HAVE TO keep "Star Trek, The Experience" right? RIGHT?!? more »

tricorder

NMR Machine Shrunk to Make Portable Disease Scanner: Medical Tricorder V1.0

It's clearly "Star Trek Comes Nearly True" time, first with the life-signs detector, and now a tiny NMR machine that's effectively v1.0 of the medical tricorder. Scientists at Harvard Medical School have come up with a neat way to coat bacteria and viruses with nanoparticles, and have simultaneously shrunk all the detector electronics for nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy into a 2mm-square chip. Their prototype device uses a microfluidics network and eight of these chips inside magnetic coils to detect specific nanoparticles: future versions will use more and be portable. It's apparently 800 times more sensitive than standard NMR machines, and is able to detect just 10 bacteria in a single sample. Beep Beep. [New Scientist]

6:50 AM on Wed Jul 9 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,894 views, 18 comments

Latest by Annex1: Wow, this is the, what, 4th or 5th device to be called a "Tricorder 1.0" by a gadget blog? I'm getting more »

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Scientists Build Portable Life-Signs Detector: Tricorder 1.0

A team of US and UK scientists have invented a portable scanner that may be useful in the hunt for life on Mars. And it sounds a whole lot like a Star Trek tricorder: it uses a beam of ultraviolet laser light and detects fluorescence from organic molecules, so it works remotely and doesn't damage samples. Under simulated-Mars conditions, they've used it to detect polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (found on comets, thought to be building-blocks of life) in masses as small as 1.5 micrograms. Plus they think the tech could be adapted to be rugged and fitted onto a future Mars rover. Just wait for the handheld version, and for an astronaut to start going "widdlywee..." as they stomp around Mars. [Eurekalert via IO9]

9:15 AM on Tue Jun 24 2008
By Kit Eaton
3,201 views, 24 comments

Latest by N/A: Add it to THIS: [tech.groups.yahoo.com] and the result might be finally close to the real thing...@The Amazing Ant: more »

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"Real" Star Trek Tricorder Invented

If you ever watched an episode of Star Trek and wondered when we were going to finally get our hands on some cool medical gadgets like the tricorder, you will be happy to know that a primitive version already exists. Researchers knew that current medical scanners were too bulky and expensive to reach their full potential. So, in order to remedy the situation, they developed a simple portable scanner that can be plugged into a standard cellphone. The phones would send the raw data to remote processors, which would interpret that data and relay it as a image that is viewable on the cellphone screen. More »

7:30 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Sean Fallon
6,468 views, 14 comments

Latest by N/A: @Daimyo Nintendo: Wow, somebody's got issues. Overcompensating much? Seriously - I'm not foolish enough to think that Americans are not more »

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Star Trek Medical Tricorder Goes Beep, Won't Diagnose Alien Disease

This replica medical tricorder from Star Trek TOS is hugely detailed and looks pretty much like the "real" thing. It even comes with the removable scanner thingy. Plus it's got light and sound effects built-in, so you won't have to hold it over alien flu victims and whisper "widdlyweep... widdlyweep..." Mind you, I'm pretty sure that's what Bones used to do anyway— he never seemed to know exactly what was wrong with people, did he? With one of these and a bit of carpentry to construct one of those beds with the heart-monitor thing that went "thum... thum...," you could reenact the Enterprise medical scene of your choosing. Available soon for $39.95. [Geekalerts]

10:25 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Kit Eaton
3,564 views, 20 comments

Latest by EBone: @OMG! Ponies!: Two wives, a pick-up truck, and a ranch in Montana to raise rabbits. First movie I bought on DVD, more »

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Star Trek Mark IX Science Tricorder Replica Can't Tell Chroniton from Beresium

Forget the iPhone, real gadgetphiles carry a tricorder. You never know when some damsel in distress is going to need a lighting quick ruling on whether her Miata is made of Duranium or Tritanium. This life-altering, limited-edition diagnostic tool, complete with authentic sounds from the Voyager and DS9 series, can be yours for $349.99—although at second glance, didn't they abolish money in the Star Trek universe? Maybe this thing should be free. [Entertainment Earth]

7:30 PM on Sat Mar 29 2008
By gizmodo.com
6,428 views, 30 comments

Latest by Craysh: Is this the plastic ones where when you press one of the cheap buttons it makes the sound? I have one more »

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Google Android App is Like a Star Trek Tricorder For Finding Your Friends


Here's a demo of the potential of the Google Android platform, where Skypop CEO Bruce Leak and CTO Timo Bruck have already made some headway with some interesting applications. The two Silicon Valley developers compare one of their apps to a tricorder sensing device from Star Trek , but instead of scanning for environmental conditions, medical symptoms and lifeforms like the tricorder, they've already started putting together cellphone applications that can find your friends out in the ether. These guys are already starting to create some creative games, too, all while the CEO wears shorts and works out a lot. Must be nice. Now we want to know what they're really up to. [YouTube]

8:30 AM on Thu Nov 15 2007
By Charlie White
8,706 views, 24 comments

Latest by dontforget: @klew: ya but if you park your car in front of the store it probarly won't help too much more »

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Tricorder Invented, For Realz

"Mr. Spock, what is that substance?"
"Hmm...it appears to be a naked photo of the alien from Zentir 16. The one that you promised to show to no one else."
"Not that! The OTHER substance."
"Oh, that's just the STD you left on the picture...and my heart" More »

7:48 PM on Thu Mar 8 2007
By Mark Wilson
3,066 views, 11 comments

Latest by Azndude51: w00t, go Purdue! We also rank #1 on the list of universities that the RIAA sent complaints to. more »