Science Week: Invention of the future
Posted on November 14, 2007, by Conor O'Neill, under Health, Technology.
Today’s Science Week question is “What invention do you want to see most in the future“. This is an easy one to describe but it’ll be a long time coming. I want to see an inexpensive non-invasive home medical diagnostic machine that can detect and diagnose a wide range of problems on its own and via a data-feed to the relevant medical experts.
The benefits of such a machine could be enormous
- Massive reduction in GP queues
- Reduction in incorrect self-medication (e.g. anti-biotics for viral infections)
- Prompt addressing of potentially dangerous conditions
- Diagnosis by subject-area experts globally rather than by potentially incompetent local hospitals
- Blue Sky: Your own portable MRI with “lump” detection
We are starting to see this sort of thing appear here and there, from equipment for diabetics to portable defibrilators to the awesome sleep-apnea equipment by the BiancaMed guys. Some day we’ll get to the point where your health isn’t in the hands of a dysfunctional bureaucracy and you’ll control your own destiny.
5 Replies to "Science Week: Invention of the future"
conor on November 15, 2007
If only we hadn’t invented the wheel eh?
Elson Silva, Ph. D. on November 15, 2007
Perhaps we did not invent the wheel, but Nature. We just cut a slice of a trunk and put it to roll. We just figured out that what is round can roll easily.
I have an invention called Tubarc (US pat. 6,766,817) but nature designed it around 400 millions of years ago. It can replace capillarity, but nature is the main creator of the principles.
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Elson Silva, Ph. D. on November 15, 2007
Inventing is affecting human existence far beyond our comprehension.
We invented many devices and ways to increase food production and now we see how difficult is to demand people to eat moderately in an environment that provides so plenty of food.
We invented machinery to replace human work making human muscles flacid and sedentary. Now we need to invent ways to convince humans to keep working.
Worldwide obesity is a conseguence of excessive food and lack of exercise.
How much inventions can be blamed for this social tragedy?
How much inventions can help humans to rescue a balance with nature?