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+-   Scientists Hack Cellphone to Detect Diseases -> on Saturday December 20 2008, @12:17PM Dave Bullock (eecue)

Submitted by Dave Bullock (eecue) on Saturday December 20 2008, @12:17PM
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Dave Bullock (eecue) writes "A new MacGyver-esque cellphone hack could bring cheap, on-the-spot disease detection to even the most remote villages on the planet. Using only an LED, plastic light filter and some wires, scientists at UCLA have modded a cellphone into a portable blood tester capable of detecting HIV, malaria and other illnesses.

Blood tests today require either refrigerator-sized machines that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars or a trained technician who manually identifies and counts cells under a microscope. These systems are slow, expensive and require dedicated labs to function. And soon they could be a thing of the past."
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