A $10 million competition to bring healthcare to the
palm of your handImagine a portable, wireless device in the palm of your hand that monitors and diagnoses your health conditions. That’s the technology envisioned by this competition, and it will allow unprecedented access to personal health metrics. The end result: Radical innovation in healthcare that will give individuals far greater choices in when, where, and how they receive care.
The winning team will develop a Tricorder device that will accurately diagnose 13 health conditions (12 diseases and the absence of conditions) and capture five real-time health vital signs, independent of a health care worker or facility, and in a way that provides a compelling consumer experience.
Science Fiction Becomes Science Reality
Congratulations to our prize winners.
Final Frontier Medical Devices and Dynamical Biomarkers Group were both announced winners of the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE. With their Tricorder prototypes, our winning teams have taken humanity one step closer to realizing Gene Roddenberry’s 23rd century sci-fi vision by exceeding the competition requirements for user experience and nearly meeting the challenging benchmarks of diagnosing 13 disease states.
Cloud DX was also recognized as XPRIZE’s first Bold Epic Innovator receiving $100,000, sponsored by Qualcomm Foundation.
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Now in its fifth year, the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE competition — which aims to create a portable medical device akin to the fictional tricorder of Star Trek fame — is moving toward naming a winner in early 2017.
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