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backscatter712

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5. Between the sensor-equipped smartphones and the handheld ultrasound...

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Tue Feb 12, 2013, 03:15 PM

Feb 2013

...we now have the medical tricorder from Star Trek.

Bones or Dr. Crusher just held their gadgets in their hands to scan patients - a handheld ultrasound is only different in that the doctor holds it in contact with you, and he can see your organs working in real-time.

For those of you with Android phones, here's an app that you can use to take your pulse and get a mini-cardiogram just by holding your finger over your phone's camera.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=si.modula.android.instantheartrate

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Smart Phone & future health care(wow! Just wow!) [View all] Are_grits_groceries Feb 2013 OP

Thanks for... onyourleft Feb 2013 #1

That's awesome. polly7 Feb 2013 #2

the vet I work for has and uses the ekg app on her iphone justabob Feb 2013 #3

kick for later. eom ellenfl Feb 2013 #4

Between the sensor-equipped smartphones and the handheld ultrasound... backscatter712 Feb 2013 #5

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You mean like this? Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #6

Those are some bizarre icons hootinholler Feb 2013 #8

OMGosh......that is awesome a kennedy Feb 2013 #7