Your mirror as a doctor, a possible first step - 2 views

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  #1 Stephen Demoratz on 30 May 12

   

  http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2011-05/2011-invention-awards-picture-health
  
  The potential uses of a digital image, for me, is the foundation of many great advancements in the future.
  
  A digital camera, in this case a web cam, can provide almost limitless information using the proper software. Face recognition software is already available free through Picasa, and digital cameras with heat sensitive software can already see below surfaces our eyes cannot. many people currently have a digital camera on the back of an suv that detects if they are about to back into something.
  
  This mirror, which finds your pulse just by "looking" at you, is just the first step in a limitless potential in health care. Could a camera find cancer growths on your skin? Could it find a broken bone just by posture? Would a mirror be able to see all the things a doctor could see in the future? Maybe. But the digitizing of images and corresponding software opens up the potential for many, many discoveries in the future.
  
  Right now, we are just starting to make use of this technology.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2011-05/2011-invention-awards-picture-health" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2011-05/2011-invention-awards-picture-health</a> <br /> <br /> The potential uses of a digital image, for me, is the foundation of many great advancements in the future. <br /> <br /> A digital camera, in this case a web cam, can provide almost limitless information using the proper software. Face recognition software is already available free through Picasa, and digital cameras with heat sensitive software can already see below surfaces our eyes cannot. many people currently have a digital camera on the back of an suv that detects if they are about to back into something. <br /> <br /> This mirror, which finds your pulse just by "looking" at you, is just the first step in a limitless potential in health care. Could a camera find cancer growths on your skin? Could it find a broken bone just by posture? Would a mirror be able to see all the things a doctor could see in the future? Maybe. But the digitizing of images and corresponding software opens up the potential for many, many discoveries in the future. <br /> <br /> Right now, we are just starting to make use of this technology.</div>

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  #2 Tristan C on 01 Jun 12

   

  This is a great find. I'm looking forward to the day where I don't need to go to the Dr. There are already a lot of web sites that can help you self diagnose (like webmd), but this mirror seems to be the next step in innovation.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a great find. I'm looking forward to the day where I don't need to go to the Dr. There are already a lot of web sites that can help you self diagnose (like webmd), but this mirror seems to be the next step in innovation.</div>

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