While it may be a fun toy for Star Trek fans and hobbyists, in my opinion I think that’s all The Tricorder Project will ever amount to.

That is, of course, unless CBS decides to sue for trademark infringement, especially given the direct Star Trek reference?

Mass consumers aren’t interested in purchasing more hardware — why not just make sensor data compatible with already preexisting smart devices?

The operating system for The Tricorder Project runs on GNU/Linux and can display spatial, atmospheric, electromagnetic data.

The “Mark IV” version is still in development and is intended “to be mass-produced at low cost.“