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Having surpassed Star Trek's communicator, we seem to be well on our way towards the tricorder.

Groxx 15y ago
Nah, I think we'll have that as soon as someone wires up a camera to Mechanical Turk. "Looks like cancer." "Definitely Athlete's Foot." "It's not a tumor!" "Please state the nature of the medical emergency." Repeat 1000x, pull out the winners, and diagnose!
- bh42222 15y ago
  Repeat 1000x, pull out the winners, and diagnose! 1. If consistent winners can be identified, I'd expect them to demand much higher then average pay. 2. Everyone of your turks might have to be licensed to practice medicine, or the government might put at least some of you in jail. I know of at least a few melanoma identification, using software, efforts which died due to regulation and the shocking resistance of doctors. But I wonder how free apps, good at diagnosing all kind of things, would do? With cellphone CPUs and cameras getting better you could catch quite a few things...
  - VladRussian 15y ago
    similar to already working scheme in the pathology - the hi-def microscope scans are send to India, analyzed by real professionals there, and the results are signed off by professional here >I know of at least a few melanoma identification, using software, efforts which died due to regulation and the shocking resistance of doctors. Just make sure that "For entertainment only" is clearly visible on the product label :) >But I wonder how free apps, good at diagnosing all kind of things, would do? With cellphone CPUs and cameras getting better you could catch quite a few things... and with portable ECG, EEG, ultrasound devices, DNA chips, etc easy available and connectable ...
epochwolf 15y ago
I don't think we quite have Star Trek communicators right. At least not the ones from Next Generation. Those seemed to be plot activated. You didn't always need to hit a button for them to make a call. Though they did drop calls like our modern smart phones.

Groxx 15y ago

Nah, I think we'll have that as soon as someone wires up a camera to Mechanical Turk. "Looks like cancer." "Definitely Athlete's Foot." "It's not a tumor!" "Please state the nature of the medical emergency." Repeat 1000x, pull out the winners, and diagnose!

bh42222 15y ago
Repeat 1000x, pull out the winners, and diagnose! 1. If consistent winners can be identified, I'd expect them to demand much higher then average pay. 2. Everyone of your turks might have to be licensed to practice medicine, or the government might put at least some of you in jail. I know of at least a few melanoma identification, using software, efforts which died due to regulation and the shocking resistance of doctors. But I wonder how free apps, good at diagnosing all kind of things, would do? With cellphone CPUs and cameras getting better you could catch quite a few things...
- VladRussian 15y ago
  similar to already working scheme in the pathology - the hi-def microscope scans are send to India, analyzed by real professionals there, and the results are signed off by professional here >I know of at least a few melanoma identification, using software, efforts which died due to regulation and the shocking resistance of doctors. Just make sure that "For entertainment only" is clearly visible on the product label :) >But I wonder how free apps, good at diagnosing all kind of things, would do? With cellphone CPUs and cameras getting better you could catch quite a few things... and with portable ECG, EEG, ultrasound devices, DNA chips, etc easy available and connectable ...

epochwolf 15y ago

I don't think we quite have Star Trek communicators right. At least not the ones from Next Generation. Those seemed to be plot activated. You didn't always need to hit a button for them to make a call. Though they did drop calls like our modern smart phones.