[QODLink]
Americas
Mobile phones turned into life-saving tools
Researchers create ways for medics in developing countries to diagnose patients with just a few clicks.
Last Modified: 15 Jul 2012 03:59

Imagine being able to diagnose a host of deadly and infectious diseases all using a cell phone?

Engineers in California are developing ways to use mobile phones to revolutionise health care in poor countries by turning the devices into mobile microscopes that are able to help diagnose malaria, HIV, tuberculosis and other deadly infectious diseases.

As part of Al Jazeera's 'Tapping into Technology' series, Rob Reynolds reports from Los Angeles.

71
Source:
Al Jazeera
Topics in this article
People
City
Featured on Al Jazeera
Murder of Somali draws ire of foreign African nationals over rising xenophobic violence.
We look at the impact of increased sanctions against the Islamic Republic and ask who it really affects.
Tupamaros enforce rough justice in Venezuela's slums to support socialism, but critics say the group are violent thugs.
More than a decade ago the US launched a war against Afghanistan, but was it a justified battle?
Featured
Syria's War
Two years since the start of the uprising, rebels and Assad's forces remain locked in conflict.
Turkey Protests
Extensive coverage of political unrest that spread from Istanbul to other areas.
Obama's scandal
Revelations over NSA spying are threatening president's European trip.
Farming in Greece
Some urbanites are returning to their rural roots to farm the land.
People 'without'
Kuwait's 'Bidoon' have been stripped of rights and treated as second-class citizens.
join our mailing list