Pathologists and clinical laboratory scientists with an inventive streak have the opportunity to win a $10-million prize, but only if they can develop an effective portable diagnostic device like the “Tricorder” featured in the original Star Trek...
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March 22, 2013
March 21, 2013
The former San Francisco mayor and current lieutenant governor of California spoke to Fortune in a wide-ranging interview on technology and the future of government.
March 20, 2013
WHEN the Saturn V moon rockets blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, their flight paths took them east, over the Atlantic ocean. The Saturns were made up of three stages. When the first had used up all its fuel, two and a half minutes into the...
March 19, 2013
BlackBerry inventor Mike Lazaridis is the latest techie trying to build a real-life medical tricorder, a fictional handheld device on "Star Trek" that enables users to quickly diagnose ailments and take health measurements.
March 17, 2013
Space travel's undergone a major transformation over the past few decades, with the end of the shuttle and the rise of commercial companies. We'll be joined by representatives from Google Lunar X Prize, NASA, LiftPort and the International Space...
March 15, 2013
Rahul Narayan, who describes himself as a serial entrepreneur, is the founder of Team Indus. It is the only Indian team in a race to the moon by privately funded groups competing for the largest international incentive prize of all time – the Google...
March 14, 2013
VANCOUVER SUN - Medical technology once only imagined on TV’s Star Trek is now closer to realization
What the future of medical technology looks like is anybody’s guess, but it won’t be far from the slick wireless diagnostic and treatment options featured in any of the popular TV and movie incarnations of Star Trek.
March 13, 2013
Whether it's planning to remedy the world's ills or mine asteroids in space, the X Prize founder and visionary thinks positively large.
March 13, 2013
A panel discussion at SXSW Interactive 2013 titled “Sensor Technologies: The Future of Health?” pondered the role of sensors in tomorrow’s medical technology. Among the panelists was Mark Winter, senior director of the Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize and...
March 12, 2013
Brin and Zuckerberg could learn something from the high-stakes contests of Industrial England.
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