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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...