The ultimate space travel multitool, a "Star Trek" tricorder is one of the handiest things aboard any Starfleet vessel. Useful for performing a wide range of functions, they are the "Star Trek ...

Until then, [Peter Jansen] has dedicated a few years of his life to making the Tricorder of the Star Trek universe a reality. It’s his entry for The Hackaday Prize, and made it to the finals ...

After all, we’ve had our eyes on that officially licensed tricorder replica for quite some time now.

The Next Generation's most famous memes originated from a surprisingly emotional scene between Captain Picard and Q.

Well, another Star Trek gadget is on the verge of becoming common. The tricorder-- the device that Spock and Dr. McCoy would use to analyze all kinds of objects and materials on the show -- is ...

That device is more akin to the Tricorder Star Trek’s chief science officer Mr. Spock carried. What the XPRIZE’s tricorder-like devices can do, however, is help average consumers diagnose ...

A Star Trek-style life signs detector has successfully detected ancient microbial life in gypsum rocks similar to rocks on ...

While the Star Trek tricorder remains the stuff of science fiction, diagnostics companies globally continue to beaver away behind the scenes in search of a machine capable of diagnosing the ...

Star Trek Adventures 2nd Edition's newly unveiled Technical Manual sourcebook unleashes the most powerful force in the galaxy ...

and Star Trek: Voyager attributed survival to the tricorder, a fictional medical scanner that helps doctors diagnose and treat medical problems. As with famine and poverty, Star Trek creator Gene ...