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Imagine you can see what cannot be seen. Wouldn't you want to actually be able to see beyond the visible?
The good news is that from now on it will be possible to see things we have previously only dreamt of.
We certainly live in exciting times. More and more devices that have long been considered pure science fiction are now quickly becoming reality.
Next on the list we have the famous Star Trek tricorder that has just been developed by Dr. Peter Jansen, a PhD graduate of the Cognitive Science Laboratory at
McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Perhaps one of the best things about Jansen's great inventions is that anyone who follows the online instructions can build the tricorder!
So, why not start and build your own Star Trek tricorder today?
Dr. Jansen does not deny that Star Trek inspired his scientific career.
He has been thinking of creating a tricorder since he was "a kid in high school", but it was first in 2007 that he started to actually working on the device.
"My dad and I used to watch Star Trek together when I was little, and so I really grew up watching these amazing scientifically-inspired stories about exploring
space.
My dad taught me how to make, create, design, build, program, and solder from a young age, and I think the combination of having him
encourage me to learn more about the world, and encourage me to build things, led me to really want to become a scientist and make the technology
that I was so inspired by in Star Trek a reality.
Star Trek has inspired Dr. Jansen to become a scientist.
I secretly want to explore space, and when I (as a kid) learned we couldn't really do that yet, and that we hadn't even been back to the Moon in my lifetime,
I was really inspired to set out and make it happen. It turns out it's a little tricky to make warp drives, so I ended up having to start a little smaller!"
Dr. Jensen said.
Dr. Jansen
The first time science fictions fans encountered a tricorder was when the device appeared on the original show's initial episode in 1966.
As some may recall, Captain. Kirk swaggered toward audiences with his phaser weapon holstered to his side but a tricorder in his hand.
The hand-held devices for data sensing, analysis and recording, have been a part of "Star Trek" ever since.
Dr. Jansen's favorite tricorder, is a model with screens on top and bottom. it is the one that appeared in when "Star Trek: Voyager" was on the air.
The tricorder Dr. Jansen has created is not as advanced as the one we have seen on television, but it is nevertheless a very sophisticated device.
Dr. Jansen consider his tricorder to be a practical tool that can be used for building inspection, for instance, where it might help taking
temperature and humidity readings or be a distance sensor to measure rooms.
"In Star Trek a Tricorder is a handheld device that looks sort of like a flip phone, that people can use to sense or detect pretty much anything you could imagine,
from life signs to radiation to the chemicals that make up an object.
An analogy that I like to use is that they're sort of like a "swiss army knife" of science -- they're very general tools that contain a variety of different
sensors for learning as much as possible about the world, or something that you're scanning.
The Tricorders that I've released are of course much simpler than the ones on the show -- they can detect basic things relating to atmospheric measurements
(like temperature, pressure, or humidity), electromagnetic measurements about magnetic fields or light, and spatial measurements about distance or motion,"
Dr. Jansen said.
This is what the tricorder developed by Dr. Jansen looks like.
No independent group has yet verified his claims for the device which, he said, is one reason for placing his designs on a public website as
an "open source" that technology makers can utilize to test and tinker.
Jansen has posted schematics and designs of his first and second prototypes, the Mark 1 and Mark 2, for anyone to see and build.
Jansen expects to have his latest version, the Mark 4, produced for "about $200."
"Everything you need to build one is on line" at www.tricorderproject.org, said Jansen. He hopes others will follow his lead.
Dr. Jansen is currently working on yet another Star Trek device that will create 3D objects and foods that are dimensional copies of real items.
Yes, he is trying to produce a replicator!
In addition, Dr. Jansen is also active in the Artificial Intelligence world, where he is taking "baby steps" in creating robots that think for themselves!
We will, with no doubt hear more about Dr. Jansen's fantastic designs in the very near future. Meanwhile, anyone who is interested in learning more
about the Star Trek tricorder can visit the project group - www.tricorderproject.org.
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