[Peter]’s entry, the Open Source Science Tricorder or the Arducorder ... or as something more like a Star Trek tricorder that automatically tells you what you need to know?

Throughout the many series and films, Star Trek introduced futuristic devices and innovations that captured the imagination ...

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 ...

[Peter Jansen] is the creator of the Open Source Tricorder. He built a very small device meant to measure everything, much like the palm-sized science gadget in Star Trek. [Peter] has built an ...

Well, another Star Trek gadget is on the verge of becoming common. The tricorder-- the device that ... Want more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories? Sign up for Mashable's weekly ...

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, as well as being a great sci-fi show, is known for either predicting or inspiring real-world technology. Scientists are putting artificial intelligence in "holodecks" for training ...