tricorder
Also known as Medical tricorder, TR-560 Tricorder VI, TR-580 Tricorder VII, TR-590 Tricorder X, TR-890 Tricorder XV, Scanner
A tricorder is a fictional handheld sensor that exists in the Star Trek universe. The tricorder is a multifunctional hand-held device that can perform environmental scans, data recording, and data analysis; hence the word "tricorder" to refer to the three functions of sensing, recording, and computing. In Star Trek stories the devices are issued by the fictional Starfleet organization.
Key facts
- Fictional artifact.name
- Tricorder
- Fictional artifact.image
- File:Original Series Tricorder - Star Trek - Exploring New Worlds Exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum - 49784790468.jpg
- Fictional artifact.caption
- Tricorder from the original series
- Fictional artifact.source
- Star Trek
- Fictional artifact.source_type
- franchise
- Fictional artifact.first
- Star Trek: The Original Series
- Fictional artifact.creator
- Gene Roddenberry
- Fictional artifact.type
- Sensor
- Fictional artifact.genre
- Science fiction
- Fictional artifact.affiliation
- Starfleet
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- Types
- Production
- "Real" tricorders
- Toys and replicas
- References
- External links
A tricorder is a fictional handheld sensor that exists in the Star Trek universe. The tricorder is a multifunctional hand-held device that can perform environmental scans, data recording, and data analysis; hence the word "tricorder" to refer to the three functions of sensing, recording, and computing. In Star Trek stories the devices are issued by the fictional Starfleet organization.
The original physical prop for the tricorder was designed by Wah Chang and appeared in "The Man Trap" in 1966, the first Star Trek episode to air.