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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.

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Fictional artifact.name
Tricorder
Fictional artifact.image
File:Original Series Tricorder - Star Trek - Exploring New Worlds Exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum - 49784790468.jpg
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Tricorder from the original series
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Star Trek
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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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Described at

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Um Tricorder é um dispositivo manual da Frota Estelar utilizado para digitalizar uma determinada área ou foco de interesse, interpretando e exibindo dados ao usuário após uma varredura, com gravação isolinear de dados em chips. O Tricorder de uso geral é um dispositivo utilizado para fins..., Did you know that Bluey doesn't appear in every Bluey episode? And that there are more wholesome references than you think?

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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.

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