Boldly going to Medlab in search of the fabled tricorder
When two or more people from the world of medical technology meet, talk inevitably turns to the ongoing, yet elusive, search for an industry-standard, multidisciplinary diagnostic device – the fabled tricorder.
Fans of Star Trek will recall the small, rectangular gadget with a top-mounted, rotating hood and shoulder strap, routinely carried by Dr ‘Bones’ McCoy whenever he was beamed down to a new planet.
Simply by waving it in the general direction of stricken Starship Enterprise crew members, Bones was somehow able to diagnose anything from acute Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome to an ingrown toenail. Of course, this was unnecessary for any crew member wearing a red shirt as they would be killed by aliens.
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