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X-Prize wants to bring the medical tricorder from Star Trek to life.
Lupin:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on May 14, 2011, 02:16:34 PM ---theoretically, its still impossible, the machine needed to scan yourself of sickness is as big as a parking lot(if you include everything) or as big as a 4passanger car. thats why hospitals and institutes are HUGE!
if its a question and answer sickness scan then its possible, like it`ll ask what do you feel, which part hurts and comes up with a conclusion on which sickness you have.
Note: i Troll, "How To Troubleshoot a human body" or HTTaHB.
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This is not impossible. Hard but not impossible.
Anyone attempting at this will have to solve the problem of what body part to scan. Scanning the whole body is ridiculous. The device have to be small enough that anyone can have it. I don't think X-Price expects the device to identify every known disease, just the common/easily identifiable ones.
There's one part of the human body that I think manifests the condition of the body: eyes
rkruger:
--- Quote from: Lupin on May 14, 2011, 03:34:45 PM ---I don't think X-Price expects the device to identify every known disease, just the common/easily identifiable ones.
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If they are easy to identify, is it then even necessary to use a "machine" to accomplish this I wonder?
--- Quote from: Lupin on May 14, 2011, 03:34:45 PM ---There's one part of the human body that I think manifests the condition of the body: eyes
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Interesting. At least the eyes will reveal if the "patient" is affected by certain foreign substances. ;)
According to ancient Chinese medicine, much can be discovered by simply touching the hands of the patient.
kitamesume:
get a shaman call center up and running then people would just call up and ask "what the hell is my sickness!?" seriously, a question and answer troubleshooting guide is the best solution to integrate into the cellphone for the "cheapest" diagnosis. even my mom knows what sickness i have just by asking how do i feel. Trololol for the "Human Body Troubleshooting Guide".
Lupin:
--- Quote from: rkruger on May 14, 2011, 06:12:31 PM ---
--- Quote from: Lupin on May 14, 2011, 03:34:45 PM ---I don't think X-Price expects the device to identify every known disease, just the common/easily identifiable ones.
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If they are easy to identify, is it then even necessary to use a "machine" to accomplish this I wonder?
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Verification perhaps?
--- Quote from: kitamesume on May 14, 2011, 07:39:39 PM ---get a shaman call center up and running then people would just call up and ask "what the hell is my sickness!?" seriously, a question and answer troubleshooting guide is the best solution to integrate into the cellphone for the "cheapest" diagnosis. even my mom knows what sickness i have just by asking how do i feel. Trololol for the "Human Body Troubleshooting Guide".
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you're just posting crap just like you always do. you don't even know anything. go away
rkruger:
--- Quote from: Lupin on May 15, 2011, 04:12:58 AM ---Verification perhaps?
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Yes, that's probably the most practical solution.
But anyway, the price will probably be handed to IBM soon:
http://ibm-news.tmcnet.com/ibm/articles/145887-ibm-watson-computer-will-soon-help-diagnose-patients.htm
Or whoever writes that missing app to link Watson and a shiny iPhone together.
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