Salah says the Tricorder device is one way innovation is bridging the gap between science fiction and reality. The X-Prize Foundation has offered $10 million in a global competition to develop a ...

However, that changes today. The Wand Company, known for its premium prop replicas, has finally completed its nine-year journey to create a replica of the original Star Trek Tricorder.

ICYMI, the tricorder is a health device used on all Star Trek shows that basically scans the vital signs of a person. Tricorders, at least in Star Trek ‘s world, allow doctors to quickly understand ...

Being a pioneer of the sci-fi genre, Star Trek has inspired a number of futuristic technologies that have found a place in ...

As with famine and poverty, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry envisioned a future where heart disease is a thing of the past. Now, his family is funding what may become a real-life version of the ...

Once again, the thrill of simply holding a Star Trek tricorder and using it on something will have to be enough for you, because the little mini-games that pop up when you do so - which look a lot ...

Now a Canadian company and 20 other teams from around the world are vying for a $10-million XPrize by trying to replicate Dr. McCoy’s “tricorder” and go where no real-world medical device ...

Star Trek has inspired the latest high-tech challenge from the X Prize Foundation, with organizers vowing to award $10 million US to whomever recreates the medical tricorder used in the TV and ...

We are a step closer to the legendary Star Trek tricorder, a fictional device that enabled the intrepid crew of the Starship Enterprise to scan an alien planet for signs of life. Commander Data of ...

We hope this could be made into a hand-held instrument like a Star Trek tricorder, where you have a drop of blood and then, voilà, in a few seconds you have detection ...