Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Star Trek: Discovery" season 5 ... you need never have the burden of having to actually carry a tricorder anymore, because now they can be worn like contact lenses.

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 ...

The new Star Trek ship seems to be having some trouble getting out of the hangar. Star Trek Discovery, a star-crossed project that was set to premiere on CBS' digital "All-Access" platform in May ...

Fifty years after the show aired, Star Trek's fictional tricorder is far from becoming a reality. But a $10 million prize from the XPRIZE Foundation is hoping to motivate inventors to create one ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) says it is researching a series of portable instruments that should give astronauts instant info about alien rocks ...

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 ...

The Star Trek: Discovery companion show will be a haven for trekkies who can't get enough of the newest generation. In the mold of the other aftershows mentioned, it'll bring together cast and ...