Star Trek fans can finally get their hands on a tricorder that not only looks like it came off the USS Enterprise but can actually do something interesting once you flip it open. The new Star Trek: ...

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" ...

Efforts to build a Star Trek tricorder-like device have been ongoing for at least a decade or two now, with various individuals and organizations contributing their own idea to the concept. For those ...

Star Trek will forever be one of the most influential sci-fi franchises of all time. Born in 1966, the legend of the USS Enterprise still lives on today, and no prop is more iconic than the original ...

The Star Trek tricorder was a good example of a McGuffin. It did anything needed to support the plot or, in some cases, couldn’t do things also in support of the plot. We know [SirGalaxy] was thinking ...

What good is an iPhone if you can’t run a tricorder on it? Hiding out in the app store is this little gem called Tricorder TR-580, with realistic sound effects and a hidden trove of data. Somewhat of ...

There are all kinds of iconography featured throughout the "Star Trek" universe, whether they be the numerous versions of the starship Enterprise or inventive gadgets such as the tricorder. Introduced ...

Qualcomm Foundation recently announced the launch of their Tricorder X Prize challenge. It is, essentially, a contest for engineers and researchers to be the first to create a Star Trek-like medical ...