Tricorder X Prize

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Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE
Awarded fordeveloping a device that can "diagnose patients better than or equal to a panel of board certified physicians"
CountryWorldwide
Presented by X PRIZE Foundation (sponsored by Qualcomm)
Reward(s)Grand Prize US$7 million
Second Prize US$2 million
Third Prize US$1 million
First awarded2014
Website https://www.xprize.org/prizes/tricorder

The Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE was an inducement prize contest announced on May 10, 2011, sponsored by Qualcomm Foundation. It officially launched on January 10, 2012. [1] The $10 million prize is awarded for creating a mobile device that can "diagnose patients better than or equal to a panel of board certified physicians". [2] The name is taken from the tricorder device in Star Trek which can be used to instantly diagnose ailments. [3] The focus of the competition guidelines was towards clinical symptoms, versus accurate measurement of test values.

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Although no team successfully met all the requirements of the grand prize, the competition was concluded in April 2017 when the XPRIZE Foundation awarded reduced prizes to the strongest performing teams. For the first time at any XPRIZE, the leftover funds from the main prize purse were earmarked for further development, consumer testing, and commercialization of tricorder prototypes for the two finalists and four semi-finalist teams as part of the Post Prize Initiative.[ needs update ]

Prize details

The Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE originally offered a US$7 million grand prize, US$2 million second prize, and US$1 million third prize to the best among the finalists offering an automatic non-invasive health diagnostics system that meets the following requirements. [4] [5] The final contest rules deviated from a single portable device and allowed the contestants to utilize multiple devices (as a system), thus moving away from the concept of a Star Trek tricorder. This rule expansion allowed teams to utilize some existing off-the-shelf add-ons or modifications to meet the aims of the competition.

The name is taken from the tricorder device from the science fiction TV series Star Trek which can be used to instantly diagnose ailments. [6] [3] The prize was initially announced by the X PRIZE Foundation on 10 May 2011 and subsequently launched on 10 January 2012 at CES 2012. [7]

Devices were sent to the University of California San Diego to be independently tested on patients during the winter and spring of 2015, and again in late 2016 at the Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute (ACTRI) at UCSD.

Final round

The two teams to compete in consumer testing round: [8]

Teams selected

The 10 teams to be selected to compete are: [4]

Conclusion of the contest

In the end, no team met all the requirements needed to win the full prize purse for a minimally invasive health diagnostics system that could meet the guidelines of diagnosis set forth by the contest rules.

In April 2017 X PRIZE Foundation made the following awards for a total of $3.7 million:

The rest of the original $10 million prize purse was diverted to ongoing consumer testing to get tricorder technology into the hands of patients ($3.8 million) and adapting tricorders for use in hospitals in developing countries ($1.6 million). [10]

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  2. ↑ "The X PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm Join Forces to Develop a Competition to Enhance Integrated Digital Health". XPRIZE. May 10, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Zehn Millionen Dollar für den "Star Trek"-Trikorder". Der Spiegel (in German). May 14, 2011.
  4. 1 2 Stevens, Tim (August 27, 2014). "Finalists selected for $10M Qualcomm Tricorder XPrize". CNET. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
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