In the science-fictitious Star Trek universe, tricorder is a multifunctional handheld device used for sensor scanning (environment), data analysis, and recording data.
The three main variants of the tricorder appear on Star Trek, released by the Starfleet fictional organization. The standard tricorder is a general purpose device that is used primarily to locate foreign regions, perform detailed examinations of living things, and record and review technical data. The medical tricorder is used by doctors to help diagnose the disease and collect body information about the patient; the main difference between this and a standard tricorder is a removable, removable high-resolution scanner stored in the tricorder compartment when not in use. The engineering tricorder is fine-tuned for the purpose of aerospace engineering. There are also many other types of special tricorders that are rarely used. The word "tricorder" stands for the full name of the device, "TRI-function reCORDER", referring to the main function of the device: sensing, computing, and recording.
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The tricorder of the 23rd century, as seen in Star Trek: The Original Series, is a rectangular, black device with a spinning top rotary hood, two open compartments, and a shoulder strap. The upper pivot opens, revealing a small screen and control buttons. The ship doctor uses this model variant with a removable "probe sensor" stored in the lower compartment when not in use. The probes are actually formed from the salt shaker to save costs. The 24th century version introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation is a small, gray hand-held model, with a flip-out panel to allow for larger screens. The design was then refined with a slightly sharper appearance seen in most of the Next Generation movies and the subsequent seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Voyager .
In the post-Next generation ( Star Trek Nemesis
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Production
The tricorder prop for the original Star Trek series was designed and built by Wah Ming Chang, who created several futuristic props under the contract. Some of its designs are considered to have an effect on consumer electronics in the real world. For example, his communicator inspired the discovery of Martin Cooper's mobile phone to create his own form of mobile communications. Many other companies follow this example and life-sized replicas remain today's popular collection. The tricorder in The Next Generation was originally inspired by the HP-41C scientific calculator.
"Real" tricorders
The software exists to make a handheld device simulate a tricorder. Examples include Jeff Jetton Tricorder for PalmPilot; Web applications for Pocket PC, iPhone, and iPod Touch; and Android version.
Vital Technologies Corporation sells portable devices dubbed "Tricorder Mark Star Trek Official 1" (officially, TR-107 Tricorder Mark 1) in 1996. The features are "Electromagnetic Field Gauge (EMF)", "Two Mode Weather Station" (thermometer and barometer), "Colorimeter" (no given wavelength), "Light meter", and "Clock and Timer Stardate" (clock and timer). The spokesman claimed the device was a "serious scientific instrument". Vital Technologies markets TR-107 as limited to 10,000 units before leaving the business, although far less than 10,000 are likely to ever be built. Companies are permitted to call this device a "tricorder" because the Gene Roddenberry contract includes a clause that allows any company to create technology that serves to use that name.
In February 2007, researchers from Purdue University publicly announced their DESI-based mass spectrometer, Mini-10 , which can be used to analyze compounds in ambient conditions with no previous sample preparation. It was also announced as a "tricorder".
In March 2008, the British biotech company QuantuMDx was established to develop the world's first handheld DNA laboratory, a molecular point-of-care diagnostic device that will provide disease diagnosis in less than 15 minutes. In March 2014, the company launched a crowdfunding campaign to support clinical trials of devices and named them. Contributors and community members request the device to be officially named "Tricorder".
In May 2008, researchers from Georgia Tech publicly announced their portable multi-spectral imaging tool, which helps in detecting the severity of injuries under the skin, including the presence of ulcer pressure, regardless of lighting conditions or skin pigmentation.. A day after the announcement, tech websites including Inside Tech and The Future of Things began comparing this device with Star Trek's tricorder.
On May 10, 2011, the X Prize Foundation partnered with Qualcomm Incorporated to announce the Tricorder X Prize, a $ 10 million incentive to develop mobile devices that can diagnose patients as or better than a certified physician panel. On 12 Jan 2012, the contest was officially opened at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Initial arrivals for the competition include two Silicon Valley startups, Scanadu and Senstore, which began work on medical tricorder in early 2011.
On August 23, 2011, the tricorder moonblink app for Android is presented with a copyright infringement notification by lawyer for CBS and has been removed from Android Market by Google. On January 5, 2012, it was re-entered as a new app on the Android market, although it is no longer available.
In 2012, cognitive science researcher Dr. Peter Jansen announced it has developed a mobile handheld computing device designed after a tricorder design.
Toys and replicas
The first mass-produced tricorder replica was featured in AMIT's Star Trek Exploration Set in 1974, followed shortly thereafter with a palm-sized version of the Remo 1975 Remo Star Trek Belt that is sized and marketed to young people hoping to take advantage of Star Trek: The Animated Series on TV at the time.
The first life-size tricorder was produced by Mego Corporation in 1976 and is actually a cassette player made to look like a tricorder. In the 1990s, Replica Star Trek was mass-produced by Playmates, Playing Mantis, and Master Replicas, making commercially produced replicas at an affordable price for the average fan for the first time.
References
External links
- Tricorder on Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
- Life mimics Star Trek
- Star Trek medical devices use ultrasound to seal punctured lung
- http://www.tricorderproject.org/index.html
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