The Medical Tricorder Takes Two Steps Away From Sci Fi
| July 2, 2007 |  View for printing |
Two recent scientific discoveries mark the latest steps toward the ultimate medical-diagnosis technology: the tricorder.
Bones McCoy made Star Trek's portable black box famous by using it to diagnose ailments without ever touching a patient. Now, studies show that the tricorder is closer to becoming reality, because of new medical-imaging technology and a new state of matter.
Mark Anderson
Full Story: http://www.wired.com/science/discove ... 7/tricorder
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