Almost all of us have seen some form of Star Trek over the ages and in practically every other episode some strange illness or disease strikes a crew member. Whether it is Dr. “Bones” McCoy or the holographic doctor from Voyager, the first thing in their hands is a medical tricorder. They wave this magical device across the body of the victim afflicted patient and declare something like, “He’s got Space Madness”, “She’s got Transporter Psychosis”, or (my favorite) “His brain is gone!”. While the tricorder has not yet arrived for the rest of us in 21st century Earth, it is becoming closer to reality. More specifically, an Italian company is working on creating an inexpensive, hand-held medical device capable of detecting cancer by merely swiping it across the patient’s body.