Smartphone? Smartcar? How about Smartgloves? Researchers at the U of Illinois are developing surgical gloves that could contain sensors or imaging tech, perhaps allowing us to sense the electrical properties of tissue, or perform ultrasound, with our fingertips!
Smartgloves
There is also a group of Harvard students working on a glove to augment the physical exam. Their glove, known as the Glove Tricorder, has a variety of sensors, such as accelerometers, temperature, force, sound, vibration, and plans to include other probes, such as ultrasound, in the future. The glove also has the capability to wirelessly transfer the data the physician is gathering, and to provide immediate feedback.
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