:: 20, Jan 2012 :: T-RAYS TECHNOLOGY COULD HELP DEVELOP STAR TREK-STYLE HAND-HELD MEDICAL SCANNERS

The scientists say that the T-ray scanner and detector could provide part of the functionality of a Star Trek-like medical "tricorder" - a portable sensing, computing and data communications device - since the waves are capable of detecting biological phenomena such as increased blood flow around tumorous growths.

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T-rays technology could help develop star trek-style hand-held medical scanners

Scientists who have developed a new way to create a type of radiation known as Terahertz (THz) or T-rays - the technology behind full-body security scanners - say their new, stronger and more efficient continuous wave T-rays could be used to make better medical scanning gadgets and may one day lead to innovations similar to the “tricorder” scanner used in Star Trek.