The Real Star Trek Tricorder May Soon Be Available

Life often seems to imitate art. A recent article described how new healthcare technology is beginning to catch up with devices we have seen in science fiction literatures and TV for years (see: 3 Ways Real Health Care Is Catching Up to Sci-Fi Health Care). The device that caught my eye because it was lab-related was the emergence of what is described as a real Star Trek "tricorder." Below is an excerpt from the article: At CES 2012, wireless chipmaker Qualcomm, in coordination with the X PRIZE Foundation, launched a $10 million competition to produce the first medical tricorder. The competition asked participants to create a handheld device to diagnose a set of 15 diseases and measure health metrics such as blood pressure, respiratory rate, and body temperature. The proposed device is also expected to accumulate and store data wirelessly over the cloud. Silicon Valley company Scanadu is in the clear lead. The company unveiled a prototype of its tricorder device, known as the Scout, in November 2012. The Scout can instantly scan a wide variety of health parameters, including pulse transit time, heart rate and variability, electrical heart activity, and blood oxygenation. It can also help a doctor diagnose a wide variety of diseases ranging from abdominal cramps to shingles. At...CES 2014, Scanadu finally unveiled its final hardware design for the Scout, which runs on the same operating system used by NASA in the Mars Rover. Unfortunately, a visit to the web si...
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