Mobile Phones Become Social Tools, Microscopes… Whatnot

Mobile phones have become more than just mere handsets in the past years, specially in poor third world countries, where they’re used as more complex devices. Just look at the Nokia Life Tools service, providing info about the agriculture, weather, crops and prices on the most basic of handsets. Now, we’ve learned that mobile phones might... 

Hacked Mobile Phone Tests Blood for HIV, Other Diseases

There are many ways to hack and customize a mobile phone, but it’s very rare that we get to see a “medical hack” like this one. Now, you can turn your handset into a blood testing lab, as did UCLA researcher Aydogan Ozcan. He turned a cellphone into a device that tests blood for HIV, malaria and whatnot. The handset only needs a blood... 

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