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This Real-Life Tricorder Is Aiming for Store Shelves
The XPrize winner has to clear FDA hurdles before you can buy it at Lowe’s.
DxtER’s app uses sensors attached to the user to detect illness.
Source: XPrize
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The DxtER, designed to resemble the diagnostic tool from Star Trek, can identify 34 illnesses, including diabetes, atrial fibrillation, and pneumonia, using a suite of Bluetooth sensors connected to a tablet.
A user opens the shoebox-size DxtER kit and launches an app on the tablet. The app talks her through which sensors to apply—chest patch, finger probe, spirometer, or combination thermometer-stethoscope—using an automated dialogue.