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Couldn’t this be an app or a web app? It’s just vision based? Edit. I read the article. It actually needs the device. My bad. I’ll leave this comment up.

• keenmaster 3y ago
  There is an app for assistance in skin cancer detection (SkinIO) but of course it’s more limited by the cellphone’s camera vs. the device in the OP. I can see both approaches co-existing, especially as SkinIO’s database expands and mobile phone cameras and AI improve. But it would be great to have the professional device become cheap and small enough that it can be a phone accessory, or perhaps phones can pack more sensors if it somehow makes sense (ie if they can augment phone functionality in other ways).
• nomilk 3y ago
  Thanks for leaving the comment, because it was my first thought too. What's peculiar is its accuracy doesn't appear to be much better than a visual only app (based on a quick google of iphone app accuracy levels). Could be similar to the 'should self driving cars be visual only' debate - it might seem intuitive that more data sources should improve results, but in practice it's not necessarily the case.
  • surfingdino 3y ago
    Image resolution, lighting, and skin pigmentation will affect the accuracy of any image analysis app. I have a feeling a lot of those apps exist solely to collect and resell data. It doesn't actually matter that they are accurate or not, what matters is that you were concerned and that data point can be resold with the rest of the data you give them.