An ER doctor’s final frontier: Tricorders could be coming to a sick bay near you

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: Suzanne Johnson <fuhn () pobox com>
Date: Mon, May 1, 2017 at 12:49 AM
Subject: An ER doctor’s final frontier: Tricorders could be coming to a
sick bay near you
To: DAVID J. FARBER <farber () gmail com>


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A year into his project, Harris had an epiphany while reading an article
about the Qualcomm Tricorder XPrize contest, which challenged innovators
in the medical community to build a device similar to the medical
tricorder, the fictional hand-held scanner used by the cantankerous Dr.
Leonard “Bones” McCoy (originally played by DeForest Kelley) in the
“Star Trek” franchise.

It was a no-brainer.

Harris, who comes from a self-described family of sci-fi geeks, entered
the contest and his team continued to work nights and weekends on DxtER
(pronounced Dexter), a tablet-based system that uses several biological
sensors and analytic software that can track vital signs and uncover
medical conditions — 34 in all, from diabetes and pulmonary diseases to
tuberculosis and Hepatitis A.

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http://www.salon.com/2017/04/30/an-er-doctors-final-frontier-tricorders-could-be-coming-to-a-sick-bay-near-you/



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