How your smartphone could become a ‘Star Trek’–style Tricorder
 

In two months, new technology could turn your smartphone into a “Star Trek”-style Tricorder - making the stuff of science fiction a reality.

This tech, soon to be revealed in Israel, works with your phone to scan any object and reveal its chemical composition.

In “Star Trek”, Starfleet personnel famously use a handheld scanning device called the Tricorder.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/04/02/h...p=features

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I don't know if this is a smh or a facepalm.

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http://tricorder.xprize.org/

 

https://www.google.com/atap/project-tango/

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