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“Personalizing Public Health”

UW CSE’s Gaetano Borriello spoke at the TEDx Seattle conference on Friday April 16.

“Gaetano’s team is working on turning the mobile phone into a medical device in its own right … The camera can turn into a scope, taking pictures of the inside of ears to detect infection.  It becomes an entire doctor’s bag … The idea is to magnify human resources through the introduction of technology …”

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