Developing a medical device inspired by science fiction movies
A team of developers has developed a Traikorder medical device that appeared in a science fiction film series in the 1960s. The team, which was rewarded with $ 2.6 million, was named "Dxter" on the new device.
It was the first show of this science fiction series in the 1960s. On the ship Enterprise, Dr. Leonard McVeigh examined his patients using a device called Traicorder that recognizes diseases within seconds and without touching the patient.
The 2012 X-Prize Foundation, who invented a Traicorder-like device, has promised a prize for a device like the one in the science fiction series and will be able to accurately detect as many as 15 diseases in 30 patients, Two kilograms. More than 300 teams were presented to the competition, the foundation said.
The brothers Basil and George Harris and their team won $ 2.6 million. The developers launched the machine called "Dxter" (DxtER), a white device is semi-round and can be connected, for example, the iPad device.
The patient is diagnosed through a questionnaire first through a computer program, and sensors connected to places of the patient's body, such as the chest and wrist, measure many of the patient's various vital functions.
The second is a team design team led by Professor Shang Kang Bin of Harvard, a small box connected to a smart device through which to explore the patient's case through his question and guide using some of the tools in the box, where there is a small part of the patient In the ear.
This device transmits live video from within the ear, and takes a picture that is analyzed by the box. The device can also examine the sleep of the patient better than many sleep laboratories.
These devices are still prototypes so far, and it takes a long time to become accustomed to the daily lives of patients.