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I’ve heard a couple stories lately (this one being the most recent) about scientists building “real life” versions or variations of the Star Trek “tricorder” device (a miniature mass spectrometer).

The cool thing to know about this is that the companies that do achieve this can actually legally call their devices “tricorders”, because Roddenberry had a specific clause in his contract that allowed any company who could get the technology to work to use that name.