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Tricorder Tech: I-SMEL Device Smells Seawater To Detect Novel Molecules
Under the ocean’s surface, marine organisms are constantly releasing invisible molecules. Some of the chemical clues reveal which creatures are nearby, while others could be used someday as medications. Now, […]
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Tricorder Tech: Lab On A Chip’ Genetic Test Device Can Identify Viruses Within Three Minutes With Top-level Accuracy
A virus diagnosis device that gives lab-quality results within just three minutes has been invented by engineers at the University of Bath, who describe it as the ‘world’s fastest Covid […]
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Tricorder Tech: Reviewing The State Of Biosensors And Lab-on-a-chip Technologies: Opportunities For Extreme Environments And Space Exploration
The space race is entering a new era of exploration, in which the number of robotic and human missions to various places in our solar system is rapidly increasing.
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Tricorder Tech: Evolution of the NASA Anomaly Gas Analyzer
NASA requires a gas sensor for monitoring a wide variety of species onboard spacecraft. As a major constituents analyzer the device should measure oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor with […]
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Tricorder Tech: Electronic Sensor The Size Of A Single Molecule A Potential Game-changer
Australian researchers have developed a molecular-sized, more efficient version of a widely used electronic sensor, in a breakthrough that could bring widespread benefits.
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Tricorder Tech: Smart Phones And Watches In Space Will Help Monitor Astronauts’ Body Composition
A University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researcher, in partnership with NASA, will measure the body shape and mass composition of astronauts in space. John Shepherd and his team will use […]
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Tricorder / Cyborg Tech: A Robot Able To “Smell” Using A Biological Sensor
A new technological development by Tel Aviv University has made it possible for a robot to smell using a biological sensor.
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Tricorder Tech: Miniaturized Infrared Detectors
Miniaturization of infrared spectrometers will lead to their wider use in consumer electronics, such as smartphones enabling food control, the detection of hazardous chemicals, air pollution monitoring and wearable electronics. […]
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Tricorder Tech: Tiny Chip-based Device Performs Ultrafast X-ray Manipulation
The Science Optical microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are tiny microchip-size devices that control light and communications. Separately, time-resolved X-ray probes are devices that help scientists study highly transient phenomena. These phenomena […]