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There’s no need to make this an app on a smartphone. For mere dollars we can build this out of off the shelf components, as a small single purpose device. Make
by xwdv 5y ago
There’s no need to make this an app on a smartphone. For mere dollars we can build this out of off the shelf components, as a small single purpose device. Make it Bluetooth compatible if you want.
- lupire 5y agoThere is no need for an expensive custom device. We already have plenty of phones.
- mateo1 5y agoUntil you get killed by a hacker, or your device manufacturer silently changes camera firmware to include shitty AI updates to your computational photography device and breaks the app etc. I'll buy the actual medical device, thank you.
- krisrm 5y agoMaybe I'm misunderstanding, but this seems like a pretty unlikely threat vector.
- eloisius 5y agoI’m sure they’ve thought about it, but I’m also curious about the risk of coupling an OTC medical device to the implementation details of a smartphone. Apple never intended the iPhone’s haptics or camera to be used this way, and could change them with a soft update at any time. Seems risky to trust the results without owning the supply chain or at least having guarantees.
- xondono 5y agoAnd then Apple changes some mechanical aspect of the haptics actuators and suddenly you are getting false results without knowing it. I’d rather get a custom device if my life depends on it.
- skeeter2020 5y agoIt doesn't take much of a smart phone, which many already have though. I'd rather buy someone a smart phone for this purpose than a custom, one-off testing device.
- xwdv 5y agoI trust the one off more.