Qualcomm’s decision to run a competition for the development of a personal medical analyser akin to the ‘tricorder’ imagined in the original 1970s Star Trek TV series was a good PR move. Adding a $10million prize has made a lot of people sit up and take notice.
The geekier among us may know that this is only one of many areas where the cult series has influenced, or at least predicted, future tech trends. This infographic neatly summarizes the current state of thinking in the Trekkie camp. Beam me up now, please…
