Whether or not you love Star Trek we’d bet you know what a Tricorder is. The handheld device capable of gathering information about the environment around you, or taking health diagnostics about an ...

The Tricorder Project was started by Dr. Peter Jansen while he was still a graduate student studying neural computation and cognitive modeling at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. His ...

A scientist has revealed an impressive open-source project to produce an educational version of the Star Trek Tricorder. Unlike Qualcomm's competition earlier this year, in which it offered $10 ...

The world of portable, general-purpose computing is moving along two parallel paths. First, and most popularly, you have devices like smartphones, which are focused on user interaction and ...

Dr. Peter Jansen runs the Tricorder Project, where he designs and builds real-life Tricorders, and then open-sources their designs for anyone to recreate themselves. Dr. Peter Jansen runs the ...

Everyone's favorite deus ex machina tech from Star Trek may become a reality! (OK, I take it back, replicators, the holodeck, and inverse-phase tachyon bursts routed through the forward deflector ...

"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 ...

The Star Trek tricorder has become a reality, thanks to the hobby project of a cognitive science researcher. Dr. Peter Jansen has developed a handheld mobile computing device that has a number of ...

The Canadian creator of a Star Trek-inspired device is hoping the next generation of his "tricorder" will get a boost from other enthusiasts and experts. Peter Jansen, 29, developed his prototype ...

Know the near-magical handheld analysis gadgets known as "tricorders" that everyone carries in Star Trek? A cognitive science researcher has created a real-world version. "The open source science ...

"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 ...

The Canadian creator of a Star Trek-inspired device is hoping the next generation of his "tricorder" will get a boost from other enthusiasts and experts. Peter Jansen, 29, developed his prototype ...