A hand-held scanner, reminiscent of the fictional Star Trek medical Tricorder, images blood vessels through the skin and projects a map onto the skin showing nurses exactly where to insert a needle. A ...

A NASA-based startup and Yves Béhar bring you the Scanadu Scout: an emergency room for your pocket. In the 1960s, on the set of Star Trek, the original tricorder was invented (for the uninitiated: a ...

We discover how the man developing a Star Trek-style medical tricorder for your smart phone turned personal tragedy into a lifesaver. Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering the big ...

It’s hard to imagine a Star Trek away team without their tricorders waving back and forth, scanning for life forms. Was there anything those things couldn’t do, and might we primitive 21st century ...

Dynosense aims to be a leader in digital health with a multi-function, cloud-based health scanner that founder and CEO, Saeed Azimi, lovingly refers to as a tricorder. “For those Star Trek fans, you ...

New handheld medical scanners coupled with regular cell phones resemble "Star Trek" tricorders and could see what ails you with a push of a button. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

Scientists have developed a new way to create Terahertz waves (T-rays) that may one day lead to biomedical detective devices similar to the 'tricorder' scanner used in Star Trek. Scientists have ...

The Scanadu Scout, which you can use to measure your vital signs by just holding it to your temple for 10 seconds, is now available for $150 on Indiegogo. Get excited, Star Trek fans and self-tracking ...

"Star Trek" fans may soon get a chance to have their own Dr. McCoy moment with the world's first real-life medical tricorder, which will be available to the public soon thanks to a crowdfunding ...

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 ...