Have you ever wished that all the cool devices they had on 'Star
Trek' were real? I have. The fictional gadget I want to have in
real life is the tricorder. This device read biological,
meteorological and geological information in a hand-held device
just by scanning the object in question. I especially liked the
medical tricorder, which diagnosed diseases and collected bodily
information using a high-resolution scanner. As I learned in my
last blog post, "Star Trek" is a major influence on our current
technology innovations, resulting in sci-fi technology becoming
a reality. So I decided to explore devices that could be real
life tricorders. I wanted to know if I could find a hand-held
device that can diagnose disease, collect bodily information,
and be used for multiple purposes (as in not disease specific).
The first device I found was created by Georgia Tech's Center
for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access. It's a hand-
held gadget that captures an image and identifies sub-skin
tissues by reading