The Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE (previously discussed here) has officially launched at CES in Las Vegas with financial backing from the X PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm.

Two Star Trek related stories in the same day.

The 30-month-long Progressive Automotive X-Prize for marketable 100 MPGe* cars has come to an end, with three cars out of the 111 original teams splitting the $10 million prize.