Thursday, March 8, 2012

Startup developing machine to mimic "cancer-sniffing dogs" - Boing ...

Here's an interesting Bloomberg News item on Metabolomx, a 12-person venture based in Mountain View, CA that's designing a PC-sized device to detect cancer by smell. "The problem with cancer-detecting dogs is that, well, they're dogs. Hospitals haven't embraced the idea of a diagnostic tool that poops, barks and requires feeding." Enter the cancer-sniffing machines.

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Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/startup-developing-machine-to.html

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