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PARC Builds iPod-Sized HIV Detector

Posted by timothy on from the use-the-y-jack dept.

MikeChino writes "Right now it's difficult, if not impossible, to quickly detect HIV in patients living in impoverished countries. That may all change soon, though — researchers at a California outfit called the Palo Alto Research Center have built an iPod-sized handheld device that can provide an immune check-up in under 10 minutes — all with a prick of the finger. With millions of people around the world without access to a full-size laboratory, PARC's device could revolutionize the detection and treatment of HIV."

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  1. Call girls use? by cpscotti · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I can see call girls (or whatever u may call them and the like) having this things to test clients beforehand.. The whole thing will turn into a mad finger drilling paranoia!
    Or worse... Picture dads testing their daughter's 15 y.o. boyfriend and saying:
    "Are you afraid?! Do you have something to hide?!!!"

    Not to mention that I miss using libraries of the congress and needles' heads as spatial units.. now.. an iPod?! that's lame!