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Four teams dropped out and the X Prize team released 30 YouTube videos for the remaining entrants, offering a podium for teams to refine their pitch and garner more interest. By December 2016, Scanadu was still raising money, reporting a round of $6.5 million.Īs of May 2014, there were 30 teams still vying for the prize. Scanadu had sent its backers online forms and surveys to fill out to be a part of a usability study run by Scripps Translational Science Institute, and for the first time it became clear that not participating in the study meant not getting a Scanadu Scout pre-FDA. The company began shipping devices in April 2014, but found a handful of issues with Scout and its manufacturing process.

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There was a loophole however: Emails to backers suggested they could opt-in to the usability study and then opt-out after receiving their devices, thus receiving a unit without participating in the trial (the company denied to MobiHealthNews that it was encouraging this behavior). It also ran into some trouble with clarity in communicating to early testers: the company was able to offer the not-yet-cleared device to backers as a reward by making all backers usability testers in a pre-clearance trial, run in conjunction with Scripps Medical Center. A six-month delay on their delivery lost them 100 backers. Aezon, a group of college students at Johns Hopkins University, also took to Indiegogo in an attempt to raise $10,000 to support its efforts.Īfter shattering funding records, Scanadu had some setbacks. Mountain View, California-based Scanadu broke Indiegogo records with the $1.37 million it raised for SCOUT. Most operated in stealth mode, but a few started making waves in media and crowdfunding. The teams really ran the gamut across skill level, funding and expertise, and included everything from large public companies and Silicon Valley startups to college teams and even one from high school.

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Read on for a look back at the process - you can follow the hyperlinks to our coverage at the time.īy the time the competition was officially underway in November 2013, that number had dwindled to 34 teams who had completed the full registration and paid $5,000 to $10,000 in entry fees (depending on when they registered). There was immediate interest when the challenge to build a real-life Tricorder – a handheld medical scanner as depicted in Star Trek – was first announced at CES at 2012, with 255 teams initially registeredto vie for the $10 million prize. But it’s been long road for the teams of engineers who participated in the Qualcomm-backed Tricorder X Prize competition. Compared to the time between now and Star Trek's 23rd Century, 2012 isn't too long ago.