TNG Tricorder Evolution Thread

[thegreatgalling]

^Wow cool thanks. While this answers my second question outright (we def. know now that they weren't backlit on the show thanks to Josef), I guess it does tend to suggest the "backlight" is just from the detail LEDS in the eFx and HMS trics with regard to my first question. Does anyone have an MR tric or a Rodd.com tric who can pitch in?

 

[CB2001]

As I've been looking around at papercraft stuff, especially with the tutorial on the Indy Mogul for Halo Armor. Well, I came across a papercraft model of a Medical Tricorder, taken from the "Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force" game. It may not be great looking, but I think someone could use it (and the tutorial at Indy Mogul for "hardening" the papercraft) to make a potential replica: http://tektonten.blogspot.com/2009/08/star-trek-papercraft-medical-tricorder.html

 

[thegreatgalling]

I wanted to make sure this thread's link was included. It has a lot of beautiful pics and information about the Mark VII Medical and Mark VI tricorders.

http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=73553&highlight=mark+medical

 

[thegreatgalling]

And one more post for the night. EVERYONE interested in Trek Tricorder evolution needs to check out this site:

http://www.st-v-sw.net/STSWground-tricord.html

Its got pictures, details, and a cool list of all the various functions a tricorder is claimed to have throughout the many series.

 

[silverskyes402]

Very cool site, lots of info, thanks for posting! does anyone know if you get the Mark VI medical head unit from Rodd.com if it comes with the scanner, been looking for the scanner for awhile and missed out on dennis's run a long time ago, i'm a huge fan of the hand scanner for the Mark XI but love the bigger design of the Mark VI

 

[TwoOfSix]

I guess it does tend to suggest the "backlight" is just from the detail LEDS in the eFx and HMS trics with regard to my first question. Does anyone have an MR tric or a Rodd.com tric who can pitch in?

Your second youtube link is my tricorder video. The screen on mine does appear lit in the dark, but is from the top yellow light next to the sequential red ones and under the 0 and 1's , I'm pretty sure there aren't separate led's to the screen.

 

[thegreatgalling]

Perfect! Thanks for answering, and what a great piece you have there!


P.S I am trying to find some shots of the Mark X medical tricorder's front array lit up from various seasons. Can anyone help with some pics? It's come to my attention that while the order of the tric's light bars in Voyager's seventh season was yellow, pink, then blue and in DS9 were yellow, green, and blue?

 

[YenChih Lin]

What I'm wondering about ist that the scanning sound of the eFX http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdlcBK48STw is much lower that the original one, that is also found in the game Bridge Commander: Tricorder scan loop. Bryan said to me, that this was from the sound stage. Is there any way to play the higher and correct sound afterwards on the sound chip?

 

[thegreatgalling]

What I'm wondering about ist that the scanning sound of the eFX http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdlcBK48STw is much lower that the original one, that is also found in the game Bridge Commander: Tricorder scan loop. Bryan said to me, that this was from the sound stage. Is there any way to play the higher and correct sound afterwards on the sound chip?

Hmm. Thanks for posting that sound file first of all, that's pretty neat. I def. hear the difference. My first thought was that the battery might not have been fully charged in the tricorder used? But honestly, it might be more likley that the battery power just wasn't enough to power the sound chip to its full capacity.

After getting burned by MR, just having this thing will prob. be enough to overlook some of the hiccups!

 

[thegreatgalling]

Anyone have any info about the Mark X medical tricorder's front array lit up from various seasons? (See post #87)

 

[Blinkieman]

Anyone have any info about the Mark X medical tricorder's front array lit up from various seasons? (See post #87)

Voyager used yellow and later blue front scanners for their medical mark X style tricorders.

DS9 Used red and then later blue front scanners for their medical style. Trek movies used the red and blue scanners. These units were borrowed from the series stock.

The first mark X blue medical made it's first debut in Star Trek: First Contact! This special prop was used on Voyager and DS9 only once each!

Brian

 

[thegreatgalling]

Voyager used yellow and later blue front scanners for their medical mark X style tricorders.

DS9 Used red and then later blue front scanners for their medical style. Trek movies used the red and blue scanners. These units were borrowed from the series stock.

The first mark X blue medical made it's first debut in Star Trek: First Contact! This special prop was used on Voyager and DS9 only once each!

Brian

Really??! Only once? That is certainy a shame considering how purdy it is! I know it was used in DS9: Soldiers of the Empire and I have seen a pic of one from VOY: Endgame.

 

[Blinkieman]

Really??! Only once? That is certainy a shame considering how purdy it is! I know it was used in DS9: Soldiers of the Empire and I have seen a pic of one from VOY: Endgame.

We later made an updated medical mark x blue that was featured near the series last seasons. The First Contact blue medical was a different beast. It had slightly different colors and sequenced timings.

Brian

 

[trekprops.de]

Hey Brian, great to see you on the RPF! Welcome!

 

[thegreatgalling]

DITTO! Its def. cool to have you on the RPF Brian. Thanks so much for the info!

 

[Quinn]

This is a fantastic thread! Great information.

 

[silverskyes402]

This is oddball piece, not a starfleet tric, but it was in the next gen. used by Picard in "The Gambit" as a civilian tricorder, flashing lights on the top and the end, which are activated by two hidden buttons on the side of the item. Found the pics on yourprops, so if there yours i'll take em down.

 

[thegreatgalling]

Nice! A civilian tricorder is a nifty idea. I always wondered how the screenwriters envisioned civilian life during Trek, like do they have similar communicators? Have transporter padds replaced airtravel? Holodeck access?

I overthink things. :unsure

 

[MGC]

This thread is great! But there's still not an image of the Medical MkVII in the original post.

Is there any reason that the MkVII seems to be much less popular around these parts? Is it soley the blinky count? It seems odd that it's always the X that's replicated by prop companies (and that it's nearly always referred to as the TNG tricorder...?).

Really cool to have some of the original makers on here. How were the electronics done? Prototyped and etched custom circuit boards, or more of a kitbashed sort of thing?

Always been very impressive, either way.

 

[thegreatgalling]

Here is what I have (pics not mine) of the Mark VII Medical:

P.S. Karl posted some great pics in this thread:

http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=73553&highlight=mark+vii+medical