New T-ray technology could help enable Star Trek-style “tricorders”
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Optical microscope picture of the antenna structure (left) alongside the electric field distribution (right)
Optical microscope picture of an antenna structure with nano-antennas built into its center that produce stronger and more efficient T-rays
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We recently looked at one of the potential contenders in the US$10 million Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE, which as the name suggests, was inspired by the medical tricorder of Star Trek fame. Now scientists have developed a new way of creating Terahertz (THz) or T-rays, which they say could help make handheld devices with tricorder-like capabilities a reality.
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