A local company is offering a $10 million prize to whoever can turn a medical device seen on a hit TV show into reality. Qualcomm, in partnership with nonprofit group X PRIZE Foundation, wants to turn the “tricorder” from the sci-fi TV show “Star Trek” into a tool everyone can eventually have in their home. On the show, the tricorder was used to scan people and detect medical problems. “The goal is that this goes in your medicine cabinet,” said Don Jones, Qualcomm’s vice president of wireless health. “And you pull it out when you’re not feeling well.” Qualcomm hopes the real tricorder will allow users to find out what medical issues they are dealing with.
