Many people think tricorder or medical device that can scan patients within a
few seconds may only exist in movies or science fiction series such as Star
Trek. However, a mobile application development company of U.S. managed to
make it so real.
Tool called the Scout Scanadu is claimed to measure
heart rate, body temperature, blood oxygen levels, whether normal respiratory
system, blood pressure, ECG or heart conditions to levels of emotional stress,
as well as possessed the genius gadget Spock. When used, the device
is placed on the patient's forehead then within 10 seconds, the results will be
sent directly to their smart phones using Bluetooth.
Not only that,
the tool is also able to store the results of previous measurements so that the
patient can track changes in vital symptoms in the body over time. Later
this application is also available in the Android and iOS versions and can be
read with Bluetooth 4.0 so that users can share their data with their colleagues
and their physicians as easy as turning the palm of the hand.
Tricorder uses a micro-USB adapter that can connect to the USB port
and it only takes less than an hour to recharge the batteries. The battery
also durable because it can last up to about a week.
But then shaped
prototype Scanadu Scout. In order to collect the data needed for these
devices may soon be approved by the FDA, the inventor of Scanadu Inc. team. offered to some volunteers to try it. That way the inventor team also
hopes to get input from volunteers design modifications.
Through
indiegogo site, the inventor team also launched a petition to raise 200,000
dollars for developing the prototype and without warning, they achieved the
target in just two hours.
"We were very surprised by the enthusiasm
shown towards Scanadu Scout community since the prototype was first shown six
months ago," said founder and CEO Scanadu Inc.., Walter de Brouwer as reported
by the Daily Mail, Wednesday (29/05/2013).
"Almost every day we get
a lot of calls and emails from parents, researchers, students to lovers hacking
body (a technique to improve the physical and mental health condition of a
person) who would like to participate as consumers first generation of these
devices in order to really understand the condition
their own health, "he
continued.
Scanadu Scout is designed by a company called Scanadu
Inc.., Based on Nasa Research Park, Moffett Field, California, USA.
This
tool is made of Micrium RTOS platform 32-bit used to make instruments such as
NASA's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) and the Curiosity Rover.
"It is
quite possible that later we will have a 'doctor' in our own hands and this
embryo bakalnya," concluded a team of inventors.