A team of researchers from [b]UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science[/b] has developed a Google Glass application and a server platform that allow users of the wearable, glasses-like computer to perform instant, wireless diagnostic testing for a variety of diseases and health conditions, reports [s]HealthCanal[/s]. With the new technology, Google Glass wearers can use the device's hands-free camera to capture pictures of rapid diagnostic tests (RTDs), small strips on which blood or fluid samples are placed and which change colour to indicate the presence of HIV, malaria, prostate cancer or other conditions.
Without relying on any additional devices, users can upload these images to a UCLA-designed server platform and receive accurate analyses — far more detailed than with the human eye — in as little as eight seconds. The report quotes the researchers as saying that the new technology could enhance the tracking of dangerous diseases and improve public health monitoring and rapid responses in disaster-relief areas or quarantine zones where conventional medical tools are not available or feasible.
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