"Real-life Tricorder" To Be Tested On International Space Station

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @02:11PM from the take-a-green-pill dept.

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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Re:Ready for by PPH · 2012-08-29 14:30 · Score: 5, Funny

Dammit Jim! I'm a doctor, not a patent attorney!

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Re:Ready for by CheshireDragon · 2012-08-29 14:41 · Score: 4, Funny

I'd like to see Paramount take a spaceship up and try and try to enforce.
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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Re:Ready for by wbr1 · 2012-08-29 15:58 · Score: 4, Funny

I canna give her any more cap'n. Not till we pay the patent licensing fees for the matter-anti matter converters.

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Re:Star Trek by ryanov · 2012-08-29 16:46 · Score: 3, Funny

Farenheit 452
Was there a sequel I missed?