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Video: iStetho Turns Your iPhone Into A Stethoscope

11:44PM November 18, 2009 | Danny Allen

It’s only intended for recreational use, but this feels like another step towards a real-life tricorder. A new start-up called RidRx is selling an adaptor that connects stethoscopes to the iPhone/iPod touch and uses their app for fancy spectral imaging. More »


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Stethoscope Replacement Can Image Your Lungs in Seconds

3:50AM August 9, 2007 | Jason Chen

Instead of having a doctor put one cold ass stethoscope onto your back, Deep Breeze’s Vibration Response Imaging system puts 42 cold ass stethoscopes onto your back. By using acoustic vibrations, the machine—hooked up to a computer—can produce an imagine of your lungs in mere seconds. And if you calibrate it juuuust right, it can even see directly into your soul (and tell you have asthma, emphysema or pneumonia). [Businessweek via Primidi]

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