Simple Hack Turns Cellphone into Blood Disease Detector
December 23, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones, Digital Cameras, Lifestyle
Serving mankind: Cheap technology to replace an expensive setup, via a cellphone slightly modified to quickly detect diseases in blodd samples. Apparently, testing blood for deadly diseases (like Malaria, HIV,etc.) requires specialized equipment and labor, which is probably why not everyone can enjoy the luxury of the early diagnosis needed to improve chances of recovery.
And that’s why a recent invention via a UCLA research team seems so promising. Using an off-the-shelf gadget like a cellphone’s built-in camera, and an easy to apply filter, the whole roundabout blood testing thing has been reduced to an automated science. Easy to implement, won’t …read more
