Researchers have developed an iPhone accessory they call the Remotoscope to turn an iPhone into an otoscope -- that thing doctors usually put into your ear to peer inside.
The Remotoscope puts a scope over the lens and flash on an iPhone
making it easy to take pictures of a child's ear canal, while an app
magnifies the image and sends it to a pediatrician. The idea is that
parents could take images daily so that the pediatrician could monitor
the infection, hopefully reducing the need to prescribe antibiotics.
Remotoscope is undergoing clinical trials at this time, with the
university researchers hoping to publish their results by year-end.
Unfortunately for parents everywhere, there's no hint at when the handy
accessory may hit the market.
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