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We keep adding to the 101 uses of mobile phones in health care I alerted readers to recently. An article in the recent edition of The Economist alerts us to the use of mobile phones as microscopes. From a research team led by Dan Fletcher, a professor of bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley, comes
a cheap attachment to turn the digital camera on many of today’s mobile phones into a microscope. Called a CellScope, it can show individual white and red blood cells, which means that with the correct stain it can be used to identify the parasite that causes malaria. Moreover, by transmitting an image directly over the mobile network, the CellScope could greatly help with the remote diagnosis and monitoring of many illnesses.
In addition, some reader comments on other possible uses:
Alex Sicre Says:
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David Doherty Says:
With 3G networks launching in the USA soon you could also add a couple more including:
“Remote Video Consultation” and “Creation, Management and Sharing of your important health infomation”. For more information on these please visit http://www.3gdoctor.com
John Brohan Says:
I think this list of 101 things is very interesting. I am willing to modify it to allow the “things” to link to the various websites where the application is available. Mine is wound healing for example http://www.woundfollowup.com.
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