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 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 ...

Star Trek has inspired the latest high-tech challenge from the X Prize Foundation, with organizers vowing to award $10 million US to whomever recreates the medical tricorder used in the TV and ...