Posted on 10/21/2014 7:53:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Star Trek tricorder diagnosed any illness at once.
Ten finalists have been chosen in a $10m (£6m) competition to develop a real-life "tricorder" - the medical scanner used in the Star Trek series.
The Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize, launched last year, challenges anyone to develop a wireless device capable of detecting a range of diseases.
The technology employs sensors and imaging to measure vital signs and diagnose conditions non-invasively.
X Prize officials said the technology was now "fact, not science fiction".
The 10 finalists come from a range of backgrounds, including universities, medical device manufacturers and tech start-ups.
One research team is backed by Nasa and the Bill Gates Foundation, while another is made up of engineering students at Johns Hopkins University in the US.
They now have until the middle of next year to develop workable prototypes of their devices in the hope of winning the prize....
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
What an unsuspected x-prize....
How long before the “iCorder”?
The tri-corder did a lot more than that.
I want the holodeck, replicators, transporters, and phasers.
And the green chick from the original series!
The first “Green Girl” was Susan Oliver. She died of Cancer in 1990.
She was a hell of a pilot, setting several female records in single-engine aircraft and the Learjet, and made several appearances at Oshkosh.
Can’t some cats and dogs do this?
Might be older by now, better go for a younger one.
Smart kids ...... I planted a dead tree today.
Kewel...
Dr Leonard “Bones” McCoy ping.
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