Real Tricorder Created!

posted on November 17th, 2009, 5:39 pm

I'm gonna get one for xmas
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posted on November 17th, 2009, 11:43 pm

wow its tiny lol starfleets still arnt that small

posted on December 1st, 2009, 3:22 am

i can see it now.

The year is 2385 and starfleet contracts apple to make its stuff.

I-tricorder or trIcorder

posted on December 1st, 2009, 3:28 am

Awsome, although they are cheating a bit by using an existing device as a host, but still, it's a start. Actually though, this isn't the first "Tricorder": Real Tricorders

wow its tiny lol starfleets still arnt that small

But when you think about it, the Nemsis era tricorder is probably only slightly thicker than an iPhone and yet it does everything from on the spot atmospheric analysis to subspace analysis to atom composition to medical diagnosis to life sign tracking for several kilometers. To be capable of all that and still be the size it is, the sensors must be absolutely miniscule, espicially when you consider that most of the sensing equipment is housed in the front portion only; the majority of the tricorder, as I understand it, contains processing, storage, and display components. We have a long way to go yet, but it's a start.

i can see it now.

The year is 2385 and starfleet contracts apple to make its stuff.

I-tricorder or trIcorder

God! I hope not.

posted on December 1st, 2009, 8:43 pm

i can see it now.

The year is 2385 and starfleet contracts apple to make its stuff.

I-tricorder or trIcorder

I don't think it will happen, fortunately or unfortunately with Apple, because the Ipod and associated devices are nothing new (aka, nothing original). Most of these assorted devices just stick together pieces of equipment from various already invented (and standalone) devices and then make a huge profit through the combination. That's the ingenuity part I'm afraid. Possibly the Droid... or maybe some other company which starts developing operating systems for these sort of things. Of course, it always could be that the tricorder is simply the receiver - the instruments are in the ship that's orbiting (think of GPS-like applets)

posted on December 1st, 2009, 9:52 pm

Captain: "Ensign...can we get rid of these helmets?"

Ensign: "Well... atmosphere shows a mix of Oxygen by 18% and some other harmless trace gasses - No Nitrogen at all, Helium hits 20 %!"

Captain:"Oh...that's going to be our funniest trip so far... lets..."

Ensign interrupts: "Sir, my tricorder also senses some increasing amounts of Methane and Ammonia..."

Captain:"How dare you! Who was that?!"

posted on December 1st, 2009, 11:07 pm

I don't think it will happen, fortunately or unfortunately with Apple, because the Ipod and associated devices are nothing new (aka, nothing original). Most of these assorted devices just stick together pieces of equipment from various already invented (and standalone) devices and then make a huge profit through the combination. That's the ingenuity part I'm afraid. Possibly the Droid... or maybe some other company which starts developing operating systems for these sort of things. Of course, it always could be that the tricorder is simply the receiver - the instruments are in the ship that's orbiting (think of GPS-like applets)

the perfect Idriod is the robot from I Robot (lol).

But im sure that tricorders work standalone, as we have seen them use in next generation with the ship in other systems.

posted on December 1st, 2009, 11:14 pm

the perfect Idriod is the robot from I Robot (lol).

But im sure that tricorders work standalone, as we have seen them use in next generation with the ship in other systems.

Yes, probably correct. Too bad that it is not feasible for real technology, unless you are having the tricorder be pretty darn limited in scope.

posted on December 31st, 2009, 12:07 am

Awsome, although they are cheating a bit by using an existing device as a host, but still, it's a start. Actually though, this isn't the first "Tricorder": Real Tricorders

Too bad the company that made the TR-107 went out of business.  Sounded like a nice instrument too.  I want a portable scan device that tells me everything about something damnit!  On a side note: Safari's spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "damnit."