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Modded Cell Phone Analyzes Blood to Detect HIV, Malaria, and More [Saving Lives]
Gizmodo —
... The photo above shows a Sony-Ericsson phone modded for this type of use. That bulge on the back is the filtered light source. It's great to see cool mods done for great social welfare rather than our gadgety amusement every once in awhile. [Wired] ...
Hacked cell phone blood analyzer
Hack a Day —
... Lensfree Ultrawide-field Cell-monitoring Array platform based on Shadow or LUCAS for short is an amazing new hack by a researcher at UCLA. This quick little hack involving only some wire, a filter, and an LED might revolutionize blood testing. This hacked camera replaces a unit that is usually the size of a refrigerator and very expensive to run. This is a pretty amazing achievement and should serve as inspiration for hackers all everywhere. ...
Scientists hack cellphone to analyze blood, detect disease, help developing nations
MAKE Magazine —
Scientists Hack Cellphone to Analyze Blood, Detect Disease, Help Developing Nations @ Wired...
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 ...
Scientists Hack Cellphone to Analyze Blood, Detect Disease, Help Developing Nations
textually.org —
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.
via Wired] ...
Cellphone hacked to analyze blood, detect diseases on the spot
Engadget —
... Not that the whole using-cellphones-for-disease-detection is completely fresh, but the latest handset hack for medical purposes is still mighty impressive. UCLA researcher Dr. Aydogan Ozcan has essentially converted a standard cellphone into a portable blood ...
Cellphone hacked to analyze blood, detect diseases on the spot
Engadget Mobile —
... Not that the whole using-cellphones-for-disease-detection is completely fresh, but the latest handset hack for medical purposes is still mighty impressive. UCLA researcher Dr. Aydogan Ozcan has essentially converted a standard cellphone into a portable blood ...
Inexpensive hack turns cameraphones into pathogen detectors
Boing Boing Gadgets —
Wired's Dave Bullock has a write-up and gallery of a cellphone hacked by UCLA researchers that, using just a simple plastic light filter, can be used to test for HIV, malaria, and other diseases in blood.
Scientists Hack Cellphone to Analyze Blood, Detect Disease, Help Developing Nations [Wired.com] (Thanks, Zuzu!)
Cellphone Mod Adds HIV Detection Function
Fast Company - Technology —
... through blood samples and the LUCAS device onto the cameraphone's sensor. The thousands of cells visible per "slide" increase detection chances, and then custom software helps interpretation of the results. It's hugely simple, and low-cost, and since it's also much timelier than sending off samples for analysis in a remote hospital, it's the kind of system that could revolutionize disease detection in developing parts of the world normally remote from advanced medical facilities. [ Wired Science ]
Simple Hack Turns Cellphone Into Disease Detector
Technology - Channel Feed —
... 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 break the bank, and frees up labor for other important tasks. Never did an invention sound so useful. And look! Sony Ericsson gets free exposure as well!
(image and further details from Wired)
Tags: blood disease, blood disease detector, Blood diseases Share ...
Simple Hack Turns Cellphone into Blood Disease Detector
Technology - Channel Feed —
... 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 break the bank, and frees up labor for other important tasks. Never did an invention sound so useful. And look! Sony Ericsson gets free exposure as well!
(image and further details from Wired)
Tags: blood disease, blood disease detector, cellphone blood disease ...
Cellphone As Disease Detector
dailywireless.org —
... A new MacGyver-esque cellphone hack could bring cheap, on-the-spot disease detection to even the most remote villages on the planet, reports Wired. It could revolutionize disease detection in the field. ...
