"Real-life Tricorder" To Be Tested On International Space Station 46
cylonlover writes "While still impressive, the capabilities of early 'tricorders,' such as the Scanadu and Dr Jansen's tricorder, fall well short of the Star Trek device that inspired them. But a new miniaturized version of a flow cytometer called the Microflow to be tested on the International Space Station (ISS) brings the age of instant diagnosis of medical conditions using a portable device a step closer. The Microflow could also make its way into doctor's offices here on Earth where it might help cut down on the number of follow up visits required after waiting to get results back from the lab."
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Don't care.
Short version (Score:5, Insightful)
Not a tricorder but very effin cool.
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Also, there was 2 types of tricorders:
Spock's regular tricorder
Bones' medical tricorder. (has a scanning cylinder that detaches fro the unit)
My tricorder (Score:1)
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No, that's a PADD.
Ready for (Score:2)
Paramount lawsuit in 3 2 1
Anyway where on the ISS are they going to find the alien life(but not as we know it)form to test it on?
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besides, I am not a Star Trek fan, but didn't that one guy say if anyone could make a real one, then to do it?
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You mean CBS. ;)
Oh and, no, it's explicitly stated they'll allow a product called a 'tricorder' if it really is a tool for helping mankind. Gene had high hopes for us.
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I was always under the impression that Roddenberry went out of his way to make sure there was an exception for "Tricorder" so that it wasn't trademark incumbered (hoping that the term would gain traction); though you can't violate the "look & feel" of Paramount's IP. I could be wrong though.
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Anyway where on the ISS are they going to find the alien life (but not as we know it) form to test it on?
If it's "as we know it" it isn't alien. As to where to find aliens, since none of the astronauts are native to the ISS, they're all aliens!
Star Trek (Score:5, Informative)
Let's face it, everything revealed within Star Trek (or most Sci-Fi for that fact) will eventually come to pass not because it's "going" to happen, but through hard work and effort from those who want to see that tech become reality.
Either way I say, go hard ppl!
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Planet of the Apes?
Soylent Green?
Omega Man>
Or, to get away from Charleton Heston:
Farenheit 452
1984
Ender's Game
Logan's Run
Flowers for Algernon
Need I continue?
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Farenheit 452
Was there a sequel I missed?
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In the meantime, please learn how to spell the word "people".
Only if you read the context of the reply correctly to see that "please" is supposed to say "please" not "people" you coward of sub-par intellect
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With enough energy in a single spot you create matter. The highest power Lasers here on Earth already do create matter. Light is simply electromagnetism. Your brain is an electrochemical computer. With a big enough and powerful enough mind, your could use your thoughts alone to become invisible, create and manipulate matter, etc. So, Q seems legit. Now, if we can just get the religious fundamentalists to let us put cybergenetic implants in children we'll get there faster. Otherwise, we'll just use r
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Except if you actually propose a race of John de Lancie clones.
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Rules of acquisition #45 "Expand, or die"
He could still be following the rules of acquisition just looking to expand his mind.
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Either way I say, go hard ppl!
... ... ... ... ...I'm at work. :/
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Let's face it, everything revealed within Star Trek (or most Sci-Fi for that fact) will eventually come to pass not because it's "going" to happen, but through hard work and effort from those who want to see that tech become reality.
It will not come to pass through hard work and effort. It will happen because the government built a road in front of the developer's house.
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posting to reverse an incorrect mod.
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Wehaven't even got a theoretical way to do the Impulse Drive, let alone Warp Drive and that is the heart of Star Trek and similar SF tales.
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Let's face it, everything revealed within Star Trek (or most Sci-Fi for that fact) will eventually come to pass
Most, or at least much of it already has. When Star Trek came out in 1966 there were no cell phones (communicators), flat screen computers, voice activated computers, self-opening doors, medical readouts, space shuttles... and in some cases we've already bypassed Star Trek's tech. In The Wrath of Khan, McCoy gave Kirk a pair of reading glasses. In 2003 the FDA approved the CrystaLens, an implant th
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"Agreed that we should test on earth. I find this a bit weird that it has ISS attached to it"
It's because the ISS is one of those sparely populated areas where no doctors are available.
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Why not test it on earth? You know, where it's likely to be used?
What... did they only build one or something?
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Space makes it sexy, cool, normal and very good.
So when you read about troops on night patrol in a persons home having a computer asking questions, taking samples, prints it feels just fine.
Upset the computer and its hood time.
5 years and apple (Score:5, Insightful)
Give it 5 years and Apple will be suing other people for their patent on the "Irecorder".
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Is that for recording irony?
Cool device... (Score:2)