Tricorder X Prize

Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE
Awarded for	developing a device that can "diagnose patients better than or equal to a panel of board certified physicians"
Country	Worldwide
Presented by	X PRIZE Foundation (sponsored by Qualcomm)
Reward	Grand Prize US$7 million Second Prize US$2 million Third Prize US$1 million
First awarded	2014
Official website	http://www.qualcommtricorderxprize.org/

The Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE is an inducement prize contest, offering a US$10 million Grand Prize, US$2 million Second Prize, and US$1 million Third Prize to the best among the finalists offering an automatic non-invasive health diagnostics packaged into a single portable device that weighs no more than 5 pounds (2.3 kg), able to diagnose over a dozen medical conditions, including whooping cough, hypertension, mononucleosis, shingles, melanoma, HIV, and osteoporosis.^[1][2] The name is taken from the tricorder device from the science fiction TV series Star Trek which can be used to instantly diagnose ailments.^[3][4] The prize was announced by the X Prize Foundation on 10 May 2011 and subsequently launched on 10 January 2012 at CES 2012.^[5] Devices will be sent to the USA to be independently tested on patients during the winter and spring of 2015.

Finalists

The finalists include:^[1]

• Aezon (USA) - Student engineers team from Johns Hopkins University partnering with the Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design.
• CloudDX (Canada) - Team from medical devices company Biosign and led by company chief medical officer Sonny Kohli.
• Danvantri (India) - Team from technology company American Megatrends India and led by Sridharan Mani.
• DMI (USA) - Team led by Eugene Y. Chan of the DNA Medicine Institute partnering with NASA, the National Institutes of Health and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
• Dynamical Biomarkers Group (Taiwan) - Team led by Chung-Kang Peng of the Harvard Medical School.
• Final Frontier Medical Devices (USA) - Team led by brothers Basil and George Harris, founders of Basil Leaf Technologies.
• MESI (Slovenia) - Team from medical device company MESI, partnering with Jozef Stefan Institute, D.Labs, and Gigodesign, led by Jakob Susteric.
• SCANADU (USA) - Team from SCANADU, led by Walter De Brouwer.
• SCANurse (UK) - Team from medical company SCANurse, led by Anil Vaidya.
• Zensor (Ireland) - Team from medical company Intelesens, led by Jim McLaughlin.

See also

• Medical tricorder

References

1. Finalists selected for $10M Qualcomm Tricorder XPrize, CNET, 27 August 2014
2. 8 Star Trek Technologies Moving From Science Fiction To Science Fact, Forbes, 24 June 2014
3. Boyle, Alan (13 May 2011). "'Trek' tricorder could win $10 million". msnbc.com. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
4. "Zehn Millionen Dollar für den "Star Trek"-Trikorder" (in German). Der Spiegel. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
5. "Star Trek-style 'tricorder' invention offered $10m worth prizes". BBC. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.