Swiping Out Cancer

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Posted by michael on Sunday July 6, 2003 @11:19PM from the he's-dead-jim dept.

mhackarbie writes "Just read this article over on Wired about a cheap hand scanner which might be able to spot cancer tumors. It took only few seconds of reflection before I decided this could be the killer biotech app which is needed for the dot-bio boom everyone keeps predicting someday." We've mentioned this gizmo before.

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Can you say... by craenor · 2003-07-06 23:23 · Score: 4, Funny

Tricorder? ...I knew you could.
imagine by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-06 23:23 · Score: 1, Funny

30 something MILF's flocking to bestbuy to try these on their boobies.... orr.. imagine.. a young man with a mullet getting caught with one of thse scanners inside his pants... oh the possibilities
What... by dysprosia · 2003-07-06 23:24 · Score: 2, Funny

no flatbed cancer-scanners? I'm sure there'll be a market for them! ;)
Erm by TCM · 2003-07-06 23:27 · Score: 5, Funny

Is it just me or does anyone else find using the words killer biotech app a bit.. unlucky? Keep that thing away from me!

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Progress by Duds · 2003-07-06 23:28 · Score: 3, Funny

We now advertise dupes directly in the story to save your inevitable searches!

Another slashdot timesaver * teeth glint *
Now they can use millions of the CueCat scanners by leoaugust · 2003-07-06 23:35 · Score: 2, Funny

I am glad somebody found out what to do with these scanners.
Hopefully now all those millions of CueCat http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech-20001012.html scanners can be put to some use ....

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Wouldn't it be great if... by mikeophile · 2003-07-06 23:55 · Score: 4, Funny

this technology was incorporated into cell phones?
A quick scan and you could rest assured that your phone wasn't giving you cancer.
Until it does, that is.
Re:This is not biotech by Lershac · 2003-07-06 23:58 · Score: 2, Funny

For someone so hung up on the meaning of words... Just what does "derivated" mean?

TROLL

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The killer biotech app is already there by SpaghettiPattern · 2003-07-07 01:20 · Score: 1, Funny

This is the day my karma will drop below freezing.

It's called predictor.

Maybe not exactly your übercool application of choice. But it is definitively the killer biotech application.

So there's no CPU in it.

This line is here 'cause sensible people usually skip silly sigs.

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Re:cancer by The+Clockwork+Troll · 2003-07-07 03:38 · Score: 2, Funny

Oranges, for example, can be stored for a few years before appearing on the shelves.
ah yes, that dreaded biological weapon, Aged Orange.

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