$10m pocket doctor

• Autores: Douglas Heaven
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2985, 2014, págs. 19-20
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The X Prize Foundation last week announced 10 finalists in its $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize competition to create a mobile consumer device that can diagnose 16 medical conditions, from anemia to urinary tract infection, and monitor five vital signs, including blood pressure and respiratory rate. Launched in 2012, the prize has encouraged teams around the world to develop high-tech home-diagnosis kits inspired by Star Trek's tricorder, a handheld device that gives a diagnosis when simply waved over a person's body. The rules state that the finalists will have to demonstrate their devices on humans next year.