Breathe Easy: testing breath for disease
A mobile phone carrying a breathalyser is about to be launched in the UK the Sunday Times on 9 July 2006 reported. The Samsung LP4100 tests drinkers's fitness to drive and may also lock out certain numbers to prevent embarrassing drunken calls to bosses, former partners or the local takeaway. The phone is multifunctional, even offering a remote control for karaoke machines.
I also spotted this article about a breath test for metabolites asssociate with breast cancer.
Lack of testing and diagnostic devices not needing specialist intervention have limited remote monitoring and the development of carebots, but that's changing fast with breath testing a promising area.
Comments
Fascinating, though the karaoke remote might be considered abuse of technological advance (unless it includes a mute).
The metabolites article appears to have moved to http://www.news-medical.net/?id=22169
Posted by: Andy | June 25, 2007 02:47 PM