http://www.qualcommtricorderxprize.org/competition-details/overview
There should be a bonus if it makes the Star Trek sounds
WooWooWooWooWooWooWooWooWoo
more info
http://www.qualcommtricorderxprize.org/blog/2012/01/10/welcome-our-blog
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/med-tech/the-race-to-build-a-real-star-trek-tricorder-6649721
some progress?
"A researcher from Worcester Polytechnic Institute ... has developed a smartphone app that measures not only heart rate, but also heart rhythm, respiration rate and blood oxygen saturation using the phone?s built-in video camera."
http://medgadget.com/2011/10/smartphone-camera-detects-breathing-rate-pulse-and-blood-oxygen-saturation.html