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Invent the Medical Tricorder, Win $10,000,000

Posted by Soulskill on from the it's-life-jim-but-not-as-we-know-it dept.

GeneralSecretary writes "If you've ever watched Star Trek and said, 'Hey, I could build that,' now's your chance. Qualcomm and the X PRIZE Foundation have teamed together to offer ten million US dollars to whomever can invent 'a mobile solution that can diagnose patients better than or equal to a panel of board certified physicians.' They call it the Tricorder X PRIZE. Hopefully the Tricorder will join the cell phone, MRI, and tablet computer in the list of Star Trek devices that are now part of our lives."

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  1. According to this thing... by davidbrit2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...you talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded!"

  2. Re:better than a group of doctors?!?! by MoldySpore · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is already a device that can diagnose you as well as 1 doctor. It's called a Magic 8-Ball.

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  3. Tricorder Misdiagnosed by Lead+Butthead · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't believe the tricorders as presented in varies incarnation of Star Trek TV shows/movies are actually capable of diagnosing any ailment; each device is merely a collection of high precision sensors. The physician holding the device is the one that is making the diagnoses base on the data presented by the device.

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