Provided by American Friends of Tel Aviv University For the crew of the Starship Enterprise, Star Trek's "Tricorder" was an essential tool, a multifunctional hand-held device used to sense, compute, and record data in a threatening and unpredictable universe. It simplified a number of Starfleet tasks, scientific or combat-related, by beaming sensors at objects to obtain instant results. [caption id="attachment_1113365448" align="aligncenter" width="401" caption="Credit: Paramount Pictures"][/caption] The Tricorder is no longer science fiction An invention by Tel Aviv University researchers may be able to turn smartphones into powerful hyperspectral sensors, capable of identifying the chemical components of objects from a distance. Prof.
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