Portable medical scanners built to interface with cellphones

RSS Robot · 2nd May 2008, 09:52 PM

Portable medical scanners built to interface with cellphones

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You know those elephant-sized medical scanners? Totally amazing machines, sure, but things like that aren't apt to be shipped into obscure jungles throughout Africa. Thankfully, a team of researchers have developed something that could bring medical scanning to an even larger chunk of the world: a real live Tricorder. Of course, it's not really going by that moniker, but the diminutive scanner is able to interface with a cellphone via USB and utilize its 3G / WiFi access to send raw scan data to servers and receive images back. Granted, you won't get any high-resolution viewing from your average mobile, but it's certainly a step in the right direction.

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RSS Robot I Post Stuff Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 20,668 iTrader: (0) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 208	Portable medical scanners built to interface with cellphones Portable medical scanners built to interface with cellphones Filed under: Misc. Gadgets You know those elephant-sized medical scanners? Totally amazing machines, sure, but things like that aren't apt to be shipped into obscure jungles throughout Africa. Thankfully, a team of researchers have developed something that could bring medical scanning to an even larger chunk of the world: a real live Tricorder. Of course, it's not really going by that moniker, but the diminutive scanner is able to interface with a cellphone via USB and utilize its 3G / WiFi access to send raw scan data to servers and receive images back. Granted, you won't get any high-resolution viewing from your average mobile, but it's certainly a step in the right direction. Read \| Permalink \| Email this \| Comments </img> </img> </img> More...

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