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pg, I wrote this minutes ago in a thread about the 3rd world. If you ever come across a startup that solves this please fund them: "The biggest problems right
by eduardordm 14y ago
pg,
I wrote this minutes ago in a thread about the 3rd world. If you ever come across a startup that solves this please fund them:
"The biggest problems right now involve education and health. Example: 60-80% health problems follow the same pattern: you see a doctor, he asks for blood/urine tests, you get the results, go back to the doctor for a prescription. Build something that the poor can explain their symptoms and do those tests without going physically to a doctor and become a semi-god here. That would involve a website (or phone call) and portable blood testers. (Specially for things like malaria, E. coli, colera, dengue fever, typhoid fever, etc)"
- dreamdu5t 14y agoThis would be illegal in the US AFAIK. The law and the US government are the biggest barriers to medical innovation right now.
- tnorthcutt 14y agoIsn't eduardordm specifically talking about 3rd world countries, e.g. not the U.S?
- TeMPOraL 14y agoProbably some of the US regulations would be relevant for US-based startups trying to develop and test the technology locally, even if it is to be used in 3rd world countries later.
- dataisfun 14y agoWhat's illegal about it?