Technology is blurring the gap between space fiction and reality very rapidly with more and more real life gadgets becoming close replicas of gadgets from Sci-Fi movies. Remember the Tricorders used in Star Trek that scanned the entire human body? That contraption could soon become reality with researchers already building a few primitive versions that have been suitably miniaturized. This, in turn makes these devices almost capable of being plugged into today’s high tech mobile phones. The data thus collected could be transmitted to a remote receiver through the numerous connectivity options ranging from high speed packet data to Bluetooth. What this essentially means is that this technology could soon be carried around by doctors to far flung areas to treat patients who have almost have no access to medical ultrasound scanning facilities. In the future, we could even see the ultrasound scanner retail at sub $1000 prices. But then again, that is sometimes in the future.
Via: gizmodo
