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In African Villages, Phones Can Become Ultrasound Scanners

176 pointsby yodaikenabout 6 years ago

11 comments

vezaabout 6 years ago
This is beautiful. As a developer this is the kind of app I would like to work on, that has a direct good impact on people&#x27;s life.<p>I know there are all kinds of lists on github.<p>Is there a list of companies that are inherently good (I know it&#x27;s subjective) and are hiring developers?
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mariagorabout 6 years ago
Hi guys, Butterfly is growing and we are hiring senior engineers on a variety of teams! Check out some openings here <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;careers.smartrecruiters.com&#x2F;4Catalyzer&#x2F;butterfly-network" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;careers.smartrecruiters.com&#x2F;4Catalyzer&#x2F;butterfly-net...</a> Also, feel free to send me an email or send your application directly to my email maria@butterflynetinc.com
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frandroidabout 6 years ago
Goodbye to India&#x27;s hopes to control ultrasound scanning of pregnant women to prevent gender selection. :(
connorcodesabout 6 years ago
I am glad people are using butterfly in remote areas rather than just <i>in hospitals</i> where they already have the ultrasound tech.
_trampeltierabout 6 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=14869138" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=14869138</a><p>2 years ago build somebody a simple ultrasonic scanner with a Raspberry Pi.<p>Anyway it&#x27;s great. A lot of such tech is just expensive .. because it is since ever and customer pay the price.
ggmabout 6 years ago
This is the kind of investment in technology I think Bill &amp; Melinda Gates should be remembered by, as well as their investment in vaccines and contraception. Great stuff ( and well done to the inventor)
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rmasonabout 6 years ago
Fun fact - Tim O&#x27;Reilly tweeted that this tool came about from a discussion at one of his FOO Camps.
ToBeBannedSoonabout 6 years ago
I don&#x27;t understand why this ultrasound scanner needs a user license except for exploitative reasons. It&#x27;s what crooks would do.
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1023bytesabout 6 years ago
Only works with Apple products? That&#x27;s rather out of touch.
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aaron695about 6 years ago
It has nothing to do with the phone or the software it&#x27;s the device, which if you could get down to a hundred $ or so it could be used by farmers of livestock.<p>This could be a revolution, but the Ultrasound Scanners need to be in the hands of low income farmers then imagine how quickly the dam ecosystem would develop across to humans.<p>I&#x27;ve been looking to get a cheap one from China, but you can&#x27;t, I&#x27;m not sure why, but perhaps it needs a certain chip that is not made cheaply yet. There are DIY&#x27;s around but seem immature.<p>If you want to change the world, get the price down for use on animals.<p>This is a good first step, but while the medical community is in change it&#x27;ll move at a snail pace which means a lot of people will die.
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u543fdsabout 6 years ago
First time that I see that something can be connected to an IPhone. I wonder if you need special privileges from Apple, or there is an API available that can do some data (serial ?) transfer.
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