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Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE

Awarded developing a device that can "diagnose patients better than

for or equal to a panel of board certified physicians"

Country Worldwide

Presented X PRIZE Foundation (sponsored by Qualcomm)

by

Reward(s) Grand Prize US$7 million

Second Prize US$2 million

Third Prize US$1 million

First 2014

awarded

Website http://www.qualcommtricorderxprize.org/

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.
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]

Contents
 1Prize details
 2Final round
 3Teams selected
 4Conclusion of the contest
 5See also
 6References
 7External links

Prize details[edit]
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.

 Weighs no more than 5 pounds (2.3 kg)

 Able to autonomously diagnose 13 medical conditions (12 diseases and the
'absence of conditions'), including anemia, atrial fibrillation, Chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, leukocytosis, pneumonia, otitis media, sleep
apnea, and urinary tract infection . The contest rules focused more on diagnosis
versus monitoring or treatment of medical conditions.
 Able to continuously record and stream the 5 main vital signs: blood pressure, heart
rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate and temperature.
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[edit]
The two teams to compete in consumer testing round: [8]

 Dynamical Biomarkers Group (Taiwan), Team led by Chung-Kang Peng of

the Harvard Medical School.
 Final Frontier Medical Devices (USA) - Team led by brothers Basil and George
Harris, founders of Basil Leaf Technologies.

Teams selected[edit]
The 10 teams to be selected to compete are: [4]
 Aezon (USA) - Student engineers team from Johns Hopkins University partnering
with the Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design.
 Cloud DX (Canada) - Team from medical devices company Cloud DX, Inc and led
by company chief medical officer Sonny Kohli.
 Danvantri (India) - Team from technology company American Megatrends India and
led by Sridharan Mani.
 DMI (USA) - Team led by Eugene Y. Chan of the DNA Medicine Institute partnering
with NASA, the National Institutes of Health and the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation.
 Dynamical Biomarkers Group (Taiwan) - Team led by Chung-Kang Peng of
the Harvard Medical School.
 Final Frontier Medical Devices (USA) - Team led by brothers Basil and George
Harris, founders of Basil Leaf Technologies.
 MESI (Slovenia) - Team from medical device company MESI, partnering with Jozef
Stefan Institute, D.Labs, and Gigodesign, led by Jakob Susteric.
 SCANADU (USA) - Team from SCANADU, led by Walter De Brouwer.
 SCANurse (UK) - Team from medical company SCANurse, led by Anil Vaidya.
 Zensor (Ireland) - Team from medical company Intelesens, led by Jim McLaughlin.

Conclusion of the contest[edit]

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:

 $2.6 million to Final Frontier Medical Devices as the highest performing team
 $1 million to Dynamical Biomarkers Group for second place
 $100,000 to Cloud DX as the first Bold Epic Innovator, "in recognition of exponential
technological progress in the field of consumer-focused medical technologies, and
potential for expanding access to healthcare when deployed at scale". [9]
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]

See also[edit]
 Medical tricorder
 Trimprob
 Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
 Nuclear quadrupole resonance

References[edit]
1. ^ "X PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm Foundation Set to Revolutionize Healthcare with Launch of
$10 Million Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE | X PRIZE Foundation".  Xprize.org. January 10, 2012.
Archived from  the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved  January 31,  2012.
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. ^ Jump up to:a b "Zehn Millionen Dollar für den "Star Trek"-Trikorder".  Der Spiegel  (in German). May
14, 2011.
4. ^ Jump up to:a b Stevens, Tim (August 27, 2014). "Finalists selected for $10M Qualcomm Tricorder
XPrize".  CNET. Retrieved February 2,  2021.
5. ^ Hsieh, Paul (June 24, 2014).  "8 Star Trek Technologies Moving From Science Fiction To Science
Fact".  Forbes. Retrieved February 2,  2021.
6. ^ Boyle, Alan (13 May 2011).  "'Trek' tricorder could win $10 million". msnbc.com. Archived from the
original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved  14 May  2011.
7. ^ "Star Trek-style 'Tricorder' invention offered $10m worth prizes". BBC. 12 January 2012.
Retrieved 12 January  2012.
8. ^ "Top Two Teams Advance to Final Round". Tricorder XPrize. December 13, 2016. Archived
from  the original on May 20, 2017.
9. ^ "About Us".  CloudDX. Archived from the original  on July 13, 2017.
10. ^ "Dr. McCoy would be proud: Winner named in Qualcomm Tricorder XPrize".  San Diego Union-
Tribune. April 13, 2017. Retrieved February 2,  2021.