Scanadu: healthcare in your hands

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- - Scanadu: healthcare in your hands
  - 14/02/2012
  - Sam Shaw
Scanadu will be able to diagnose simple ailments without a trip to the doctor
Scanadu (2012) ©

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A team of brilliant minds is creating a mobile device based on Star Trek's Tricorder that will diagnose ailments by simply being placed in close proximity to the body. The idea is to empower consumers to take control of their own health, enabling healthcare systems to operate more efficiently.

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Industry Healthcare Technology

Location United States

Keywords Hyperawareness of Health Being+ Informed Consumerism Mobile Living Smartphone Medicine Disease

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Scanadu will be able to diagnose simple ailments without a trip to the doctor Scanadu (2012) ©

Industry	Healthcare Technology
Location	United States
Keywords	Hyperawareness of Health Being+ Informed Consumerism Mobile Living Smartphone Medicine Disease

Scanadu: healthcare in your hands

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