Dynamic Wealth Management Headlines: Scientist beams up a real ‘Star Trek’ tricorder
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Starships, warp speed, transporters, phasers. Think Star Trek technology is only the stuff of fiction? Think again.
Dr. Peter Jansen, a PhD graduate of the Cognitive Science Laboratory at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, has developed a scientific measurement device based on the tricorders used by Captain Kirk, Spock, Dr. McCoy and other space adventurers on the classic TV series that has spawned numerous spin-offs in more than 45 years. “Star Trek inspired me to be a scientist” said Jansen, who has been formally working on his tricorder prototypes since 2007, but toying with the idea of making a functioning device since he was “a kid in high school.” Advertisement: Story continues below The 29-year-old Jansen’s school days spanned the late 1990s when Star Trek: Voyager was on the air. It featured his favorite tricorder, a model with screens on top and bottom. » Dynamic Wealth Management Headlines: Scientist beams up a real ‘Star Trek’ tricorder |
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