My Sources for this device seem to call it a "real-life" tricorder. I am assuming this is some Star Trek reference, and I suppose it is a possible descriptor. I thought that was the Scanadu. After all, how do you describe the SCiO, a spectrometer that can scan anything. Apparently you can scan food for revealing its ripeness, calories, and nutritional value. It can … [Read more...] about SCiO thumb-sized scanner