"Homemade tricorders and handheld health care"

"Homemade tricorders and handheld health care" - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/homemade-tricorders-and-handheld-health-care/2012/03/30/gIQAd9MDlS_blog.html


What's holding the public back from inventing their own Tricorder and winning a bunch of money?


Here's an Idea Trampoline on which to jump to your own design - http://tgideas.blogspot.com/2012/03/could-open-innovation-hasten-creation.html


Citizens of the world unite...Don't wait for the "professionals" to make such a potentially wonderful device. 


Maybe that's what they meant in "Live Long and Prosper." 

HOW AIRPORT SCANNERS COULD REVOLUTIONIZE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

"Aside from catching flak from privacy advocates and inconvenienced travelers, airport scanners might one day serve a higher purpose. In fact, these devices could actually save your life. - http://www.trade4all.com/view_newsletters.php?email_id=40178&thetitle=How+Airport+Scanners+Could+Revolutionize+Medical+Technology&desc=...

Article has good explanation of one of the paths to a Star Trek Tricorder - T-Rays.

Great idea above, but how about using something similar to a Vulcan Mind-Meld for medical diagnosis? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_(Star_Trek)#Mind_melds - mind melds explained.

I'm working on something like a mind-meld for medical diagnosis, but you can do much better.  Springboard off my work, please!  Don't let me slow you down.  Wave as you go by.

• http://doctor-within.blogspot.com/ - my humble attempts so far...

Cheers!

Disclaimer - This and all my writings are for informational use only and are not medical advice.

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.

Could "Interfacing with the Doctor Within" be viewed as a Star Trek Tricorder?

See "$10million prize offered to design a Star Trek tricorder" - http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electronics-blogs/10million-prize-offered-to-design-a-star-trek-tricorder/39536/

After you have read that, then please see - "Interfacing with the Doctor Within" - http://doctor-within.blogspot.com/

It seems like the brain knows what's going on in the body....or we would have died out long time ago due to a simple cold, flu, or minor injury. By and large, the body heals itself.  How would it do that if it didn't know what needed fixing.  Why not tap into that knowledge base?

Who sez it can't be done?  I'm working on it.  I'm sure you can do much better though.  If interested, build on my work.  Have at it...and make yourself a bundle!

Good Luck to You!

For history of Tricorder, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorder