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2010-05-13 Science & Technology

Pentagon Virus Detector Knows You're Sick Before You Do

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2010-05-13 17:41|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Imagine a sensor attached to your telephone, that instantly diagnoses viral agents and transmits that to a central community database,

Ring, ring, ring. Hello boss, I'm not going to make it into work today. I'm sick as a dog.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-05-13 19:45|| 2010-05-13 19:45|| Front Page Top

#2 I know that work was done on use nano-detectors attached to a mobile phone to detect early onset of Asthma.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2010-05-13 19:47|| 2010-05-13 19:47|| Front Page Top

#3 I saw a piece on PBS that caught my attention the other day about dogs. Some dogs can diagnose cancer. Some dogs are called "Seizure dogs." They can detect the onset of a seizure a half hour before it occurs or shows up on an EEG.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-05-13 19:51|| 2010-05-13 19:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Theres a lot of motivation within the Pentagon to get this going, he said. So they might have a way around the rulebook.

....for use on Thursday and Friday afternoons only.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-05-13 19:56|| 2010-05-13 19:56|| Front Page Top

#5 More likely for use after a bio attack to quarantine entire populations. Just report to the FEMA camp for ~~political reeducation~~ inoculation.

Posted by bigjim-CA 2010-05-13 21:19|| 2010-05-13 21:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Tested it on the Moslem world, bet it comes up 100% sick.

Posted by Rhodesiafever 2010-05-13 22:06|| 2010-05-13 22:06|| Front Page Top

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