A scanner packed with sensors that enables anyone to capture important physiological data — in a snap.
Simply place the Scanadu Scout™ to the forehead.
As if it is reading your mind, the Scanadu Scout™ provides valuable data about your body. All that information just by placing it on your forehead. Imagine all the other possibilities.
Scanadu Scout™ measures and tracks your vitals
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The Scanadu Scout medical sensor is capable of recording all of a person’s physical vital signs within a few seconds and transmitting them to a smartphone. It checks heart rate, body temperature, respiratory rate and blood pressure, and performs an electrocardiogram. The highly functional gadget comes from Scanadu, a company specializing in medical device manufacturing.
Scout available via Indiegogo
Data is collected by pressing the Scanadu Scout to the forehead for about ten seconds. Not only can a variety of vital signs be checked, but also elusive parameters such as emotional stress levels. The idea for this practical device is based on the “tricorder” from “Star Trek”, which in the science fiction series consists of 200 different sensors and is used to measure physical or medical parameters.
Unfortunately, the Scanadu Scout has not yet been legitimized as a medical diagnostic tool. The US Food and Drug Administration has not approved the small device as an OTC (“over the counter”) product to date. Therefore, the Scanadu Scout is not yet available for purchase. However, interested parties have the opportunity to purchase the first prototype for $200 (around 155 euros) via the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo.
Interested parties receive prototype
The first buyers will get the handy gadget even before it appears on the market. If one is willing to invest 269 dollars (about 208 euros), one has the opportunity to use additional, still unknown expansion functions. For a sum of 3,500 dollars (around 2,711 euros), one receives two Scanadu Scouts and can participate in a virtual workshop on the topic of “space medicine” as well as a tour of the NASA Research Park.
Paul Lendner ist ein praktizierender Experte im Bereich Gesundheit, Medizin und Fitness. Er schreibt bereits seit über 5 Jahren für das Managed Care Mag. Mit seinen Artikeln, die einen einzigartigen Expertenstatus nachweißen, liefert er unseren Lesern nicht nur Mehrwert, sondern auch Hilfestellung bei ihren Problemen.