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The Phone That Feels the Flu Before You Do

Posted December 05, 2008 8:44 AM

From msnbc.com: Tech and gadgets:

Did your parents tell you to remember your scarf when you went out, so you wouldn't catch a cold? Today, the advice might be: Remember your cell phone. A maker of over-the-counter cold and flu remedies released a program this week for the T-Mobile G1, also known as the "Google phone," that warns the user how many people in an area are sneezing and shaking with winter viruses.

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12/06/2008 10:13 PM

That system is no good.

What is needed is a sensor incorporated into the actual cellphone, which can register the microbes emitted in the breathing, coughing or sneezing.

Then the person knows for certain their sickness level.

A further refinement could be the addition of a loud warning emitted from the phone, saying "Unclean, unclean" thus warning nearby persons, or alternatively ringing their cellphones, and advising them to keep clear of the person who is emitting microbes.

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Re: The Phone That Feels the Flu Before You Do

12/07/2008 2:28 AM

"gets its data from polling health care providers and pharmacies"

That's nearly as bad as Googles info, derived from how many people search "Flu".

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