Follow up to Swampy's Post

[haikuman]

This is not as hi-tech but this Microscope is helping in remote areas ~!~

Worms detected by converted iPhone microscope

Slides were stuck to the lens with double sided tape and lit with a cheap torch

Scientists used an iPhone 4S to diagnose intestinal worm infections in schoolchildren in rural Tanzania.

They attached an $8 (£5) ball lens to the handset camera lens, and used a cheap torch and double-sided tape to create an improvised microscope.

Pictures were then taken of stool samples placed on lab slides, wrapped in cellophane and taped to the phone.

They were studied for the presence of eggs, the main sign of the presence of the parasites.

When the results were double-checked with a laboratory light microscope, the device had managed to pick up 70% of the samples with infections present - and 90% of the heavier infections.

The study has been published this week in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21769537

[Black]

I don't see what this has to do with Benghazi.

[swampy]

That's pretty neat, haikuman.

[cbelt3]

That is cool. A lot of disruptive tech is coming out. Will it become over-regulated once it hits more main stream ? Imagine a sensor 'failing to diagnose a heart attack' and the kickstarter maker getting sued into oblivion.

I can see the lawyers sharpening their knives.