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TL;DR: The device in question, Gene Radar, is a "tricorder" only in the sense that it's a mobile health diagnostic tool, not in the Star Trek sense of a handhel
by kenbellows 11y ago
TL;DR: The device in question, Gene Radar, is a "tricorder" only in the sense that it's a mobile health diagnostic tool, not in the Star Trek sense of a handheld external scanner that will will give you information about a person or object from a distance without direct physical contact. Based on the video in the article, it still requires a blood sample to be inserted for direct analysis. Really cool, but not quite a Star Trek tricorder just yet.
- sosuke 11y agoI was curious about the list of conditions it can detect. I wonder how long it takes, how long between uses, what the maintenance is. When will I be able to walk into Walgreens and get my results? "enables gold standard real-time diagnosis of any disease with a genetic fingerprint"
- smanuel 11y agoEven with the blood sample "shortcoming", it will be huge if it keeps to its promise. But I learned not to get excited by new medical inventions before a few years pass, before it's FDA approved, before there are enough studies that prove it really does what it says it does, etc. Cool video. A woman writing some formulas, nano technology, DNA sequences, etc. All cool stuff. Theranos also had some cool stuff to show but...
- jrowley 11y agoI agree, it's super cheesy/cliche that she is writing formulas on windows and stuff, but it makes for nice TV.
- thomasatethose 11y agoI can't help but feel skeptical after theranos too.
- kbenson 11y agoOh, it needs blood to work you say?[1] 1: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-12/04/google-draw-blood-no-needle http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-12/04/google-draw-b...