A Star Trek-style medical ‘tricorder’ just moved a step closer as the 10 XPRIZE finalists are unveiled

The $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE competition launched back in 2012 with a view towards creating a consumer-centric mobile device capable of diagnosing and interpreting 15 medical conditions and capturing five vital health metrics. Today, things are progressing to the next stage as the ten final competing teams are announced. The 3.5 year international competition has used the fictional Star Trek ‘tricorder‘ to help bring the vision to the masses, with 34 teams from around the world registering their interest by the end of 2013. From that initial batch, 21 submitted entries, and today this has been whittled down to...

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