Atlas TriCorder

Why a Handheld?

Homeschool days are not only at the desk. Nature walks with specimen cards, museum visits with exhibit tags, a student using terrAIn from the couch — the TriCorder is for when you want compute in hand, not a slate on a table.

The physical buttons matter. D-pad navigation and tactile action buttons mean you can operate it without looking at the screen — useful for terrAIn teleop, audio activities, and any situation where touch-screen gestures are awkward or imprecise.

iNQ Card Scanner

The TriCorder has a 2MP front-facing camera — enough to scan QR codes on iNQ Cards without the Sense add-on. Point at a card; the device loads the lesson or resource from your local library or Inquiry Appliance — the same content you curated at home.

Faculty Cards, Expedition Cards, subject stacks — they all work. This is the most portable way to carry your card-based curriculum off the kitchen table.

terrAIn Controller

The TriCorder doubles as the primary handheld controller for terrAIn. The d-pad controls vehicle movement, the screen shows the camera feed or terrain map, and the physical buttons handle action commands — bucket up, dump, blade angle.

With the DS, you get dual-screen control (map + camera). With the TriCorder, you get one-handed, pocketable control. Different trade-offs for different situations.

Specifications

DS vs. TriCorder