Could Open Innovation Hasten The Creation of an Actual Tricorder?

Lots of folks are working to develop a device similar to a Star Trek "Tricorder".  If interested, here's some links that might help you....

• http://www.dailytech.com/New+Miracle+Diagnosis+Handheld+Medical+Scanner+800+Times+More+Sensitive+Than+Fullsize+Scanners/article12322.htm - medical scanner
• http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/nasa-turnes-iphone-into-chemical-sensor-can-an-app-store-reject/ - NASA creation
• http://tgideas.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html - I had forgotten I wrote this in 2008....maybe prior art for those concerned about patenting?
• http://tgideas.blogspot.com/2012/02/could-interfacing-with-doctor-within-be.html - recent post of mine...this is what I'd really like to see...is to access the "inner self" which knows everything about the body...and who knows what else?
• http://www.voicebase.com/voice_file/public_detail/86609 - recorded conversation
• http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iscanner-tricorder/id298654660?mt=8 - I-Scanner Phone App...what a wonderful brainstorming tool 
• http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/turn-your-android-phone-into-a-real-star-trek-tricorder/ - similar to above link.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yjo5QrcJkM - Using Arduino Open Source Prototyping
• http://www.scanadu.com/ - Scanadu Scanner Site
• http://nanopatentsandinnovations.blogspot.com/2012/01/star-trek-tricorder-revisited-toward.html - Laser Scanner
• http://nanopatentsandinnovations.blogspot.com/2011/09/star-trek-reality-darpa-developing.html - DARPA research
• http://nanopatentsandinnovations.blogspot.com/2011/07/cell-phones-now-global-health-tool-able.html - cell phone device
• http://www.extremetech.com/computing/114975-nano-scale-terahertz-antenna-created-hand-held-tricorders-incoming - nano antenna
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPBZuonR0LI - medical tactical station
• http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.hp48/browse_thread/thread/87e906138dd220fe/673e4d0a8b104cb5?pli=1 - tricorder simulator....brainstorming tool?
• https://www.google.com/search?tbm=pts&q=(star-trek+OR+startrek)+(tri-corder+OR+tricorder)&btnG= - patents that mention tricorder....text or prior art...
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorder - lots of information, links to those working on this, etc.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekkie - Star Trek fans, many of which are engineers, doctors, scientists, etc. - Great source of idea-seeds for an actual device.
• Search String - (star-trek OR startrek) (tri-corder OR tricorder) (patents OR patent OR patent-application OR how-works)
• https://www.google.com/search?q=(star-trek+OR+startrek)+(tri-corder+OR+tricorder)+(patents+OR+patent+OR+patent-application+OR+how-works)&hl=en&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=h59WT5mUFJC_gAejsfiYCg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CAwQ_AUoATgK&biw=1280&bih=714 - images to brainstorm with....for those who visually invent....make brainstorming slideshow?

Tom sez - If this is such a hot topic, how about someone making a wiki for open innovation, i.e. crowd-sourcing?  This approach would benefit the world, and could very well speed along development.  Think of all the good information and idea-seeds Trekkies could provide,  many of which are now engineers, doctors, scientists, etc.

Have Fun!

Disclaimer - Article is for informational use only and is not medical advice.