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Think you might have chlamydia? There’s an app for that (in development)

Mobile phones can already function as a stethoscope or a microscope; soon they could diagnose sexually transmitted infections as well. The UK Clinical Research Collaboration has spent £4 million ($6.4 million) developing mobile phone test kits for STIs. The kit, which would be sold in vending machines for as little as £1, is a computer chip that can be urinated or spit on and then plugged into a cell phone or computer. A diagnosis pops up in minutes, and depending on the results, you either schedule a doctor’s appointment or get right back to a game of “”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry_Birds”>Angry Birds”. 

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