Star Trek-style 'tricorder' invention offered $10m

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Submitted by Sven-Erik on Thursday January 12, 2012 @09:01AM

Sven-Erik writes "A $10m (£6.5m) prize is on offer to whoever can create a Star Trek-like medical "tricorder".

The Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize has challenged researchers to build a tool capable of capturing "key health metrics and diagnosing a set of 15 diseases"."
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