Largest tricorder competition

Largest tricorder competition
Who
X-Prize Foundation, Qualcomm Foundation
What
10000000 US dollar(s)
Where
Not Applicable
When
10 January 2012
The Star Trek medical tricorder is a handheld device used by doctors for on-the-spot diagnosis of medical conditions. On 10 January 2012 the X-Prize Foundation and the Qualcomm Foundation announced a $10 million incentive for the first working version of a medical tricorder. The prize will be awarded to the research group that develops a mobile platform able to best diagnose a set of 15 diseases in 30 people in three days.