If anyone wants to enter the $10 million Star Trek medical tricorder contest here is the correct email address, qualcommtricorderxprize.org .

Aw shoot. Finally, all the years of having never watched Star Trek, old tv or film (except when I was turning my head away from it as a kid, when my brother did) has finally come around to bite me. “Tricorder?” 10 Million, you say? Hm.

I second the motion jane …. :)))

lol!! perfect.
a million bucks for Kelce!!!

So you would need an IR sensor for remote temperature measurement, a camera with an image processing algorithm that can recognize red shirts, a sound syntheizer to convert digital files to audio signals, an audio amplifier, and a speaker.

Then you need 2 digital audio files in some type of memory. One file for the beeping noises.

The other file plays if the algorithm recognizes a red shirt. It should be “He’s dead, Jim.”

That should do it.

Kevin,just go to this site www.inventors.about.com or Mary Bellis- about.com.inventors.

HUMMMMM maybe that is what the officers were using to check the room temp in each housing unit for state compliance ??? however i haven’t heard or seen one you can just point at a human or A BizQ that would tell a temp….

OH and just so you know…BIZQ… i told EVERYONE at EN HEADQUORTERS that you not only talk to OUTSIDERS but associate with them on the OUTS !!!! hhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhaahahahaaaa !!!!!!!!!! :)~ so there _~

Fairin I think it’s late enough that no one will see me talking to an outsider…shhhh…but there is a REAL cool thermometer that looks like a laser pointer. You just point it ’s optic ray at something and it tells you the temp!
Health Depts love this for when they “pop” in to check food/frig temps, but it works on humans and whatever also.

i love the newest TEMP taker device where they wave the wand thing over your forehead and get your temp… fast easy and better than the ear thingie… and i thought that was new…. uhhhhhhhhhh….

WHERE DO YOU WANT TO PUT THAT ???????? (giggle) remember the ol commercial… and the old RECTAL temp… thingie :))))

i would LOVE a device that would take BP, Temp, Pulse and document abnormal vs Within normal limits all at once… and why not get Blood Sugars too while we’re at it… YEAH…. add the BG in there… GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREAT !!!! and all within 15-30 sec….

OH YEAH BABY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joseph is this for real? I know I’m sometimes sarcastic and nonsensical but I really meant it when I said “Huh?” in that earlier post.

I googled it and found a number of blogs that are excited about it, and found that it was supposed to be sponsored by Qualcomm but their website doesn’t even say boo about it. Soooooooooo…..little help here. And, btw, I was very blond when I was very young, and I’m getting blond again now…but I can’t find nuttin real. But, in my defense, I didn’t look REALLY hard.

My IPhone has a heck of a lot more then 3 apps like the ol’ trycorder. I wonder if they’ll come out with a pregnancy test app for data phones? That would be cool…

Wouldn’t be cheaper to order one from Priceline.com?

huh?

Yes! People wear devices, like on the wrist for heart rate and temp another for blood pressure, etc and a handheld has to compile and transmit the data. Kinda sorta. Should be very interesting :-)

Good Luck Joseph, way over my head. :) Toni