16 Apr
2008
16 Apr
'08
5:58 p.m.
Hi,
Since this was a) based on the Star Trek Tricorder; b) made in 1996 and; c) the company
behind it has gone belly-up, I figured this would be classed as on-topic.
"Here's a direct example of life imitating art. The Mark 1 TR-107 tricorder from
Vital Technologies was unveiled in 1996 as a real scientific device. It could monitor
electromagnetic fields, weather, color and light. The company apparently made 10,000 of
them before going out of business.
Vital's product was modeled on the tricorders used in the 'Star Trek'
series."
http://www.news.com/2300-11395_3-6121389-6.html
and here's another page about it:
http://www.stim.com/Stim-x/0996September/Sparky/tricorder.html
I don't suppose anyone here has one of these?
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk