We re Getting Closer to Real-Life Tricorders
Many of us have longed for cool sci-fi inventions like a holodeck or replicators, but there's one tool we're actually getting pretty darn close to creating: the medical tricorder. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Kelly Landrum Jones, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطا الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick Merrithew, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Medical_tricorder https://www.fastcompany.com/40406304/more-star-trek-tech-in-real-life-the-qualcomm-tricorder-xprize https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinanderton/2016/09/29/star-trek-science-how-a-medical-tricorder-work-infographic/ http://www.northcentralsurgical.com/blog/whats-the-difference-between-an-x-ray-ct-scan-and-mri-140.html https://www.stabroeknews.com/2014/opinion/letters/02/05/major-government-hospitals-ct-scanners/ http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1586/17434440.2015.1050957 https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/underdog-team-wins-millions-in-competition-to-make-real-life-tricorder/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-close-are-we-to-a-real-star-trek-style-medical-tricorder/ http://tricorder.xprize.org/sites/default/files/qtxp_guidelines_v31_11_14_2016.pdf [PDF] https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/241045-real-life-tricorders-start-consumer-testing http://www.basilleaftech.com/dxter/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdaCEMOzI-M http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/technology/sd-fi-tricorder-winner-20170412-story.html https://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21567208-medical-technology-hand-held-diagnostic-devices-seen-star-trek-are-inspiring https://www.statnews.com/2016/10/03/machine-learning-medicine-health/ https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2016/09/16/Computer-better-than-doctors-at-diagnosing-brain-cancer-in-study/6101474032032/ http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/self-taught-artificial-intelligence-beats-doctors-predicting-heart-attacks https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/About-Us/News/News-Releases-2015/Computer-Algorithm-Better-Than-Doctors-at-Documenting-Red-Flag-Symptoms-in-Patients.aspx http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5472108 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/doctors-significantly-better-than-google-according-to-new-research_us_57fe4d59e4b05eff55809fd9 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2565684 http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3480 Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bojo/4078685614 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Siemens_Magnetom_Aera_MRI_scanner.jpg Thumbnail Font: https://www.dafont.com/hemi-head.font?fpp=100&l[]=10&l[]=1&text=tricorder
