Indian students create low-cost healthcare devices
12-Feb-15, Hindustan Times
On January 31, more than 100 students and faculty members from the engineering, design and healthcare arenas got together to create functional prototypes for innovative diagnostic devices, to develop high-quality and low-cost medical solutions, at WeSchool. The initiative, called the ReDx camp for Redesigning Diagnostics, an initiative of the MIT Media Lab, was aimed at creating devices that could be used without the help of a doctor.
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Students from across the country brainstormed to create 14 prototypes of devices, including an X-ray machine, a retinal labelling app, a wound analysis device, and a digital stethoscope, which were then displayed for public viewing. The event was organised jointly by WeSchool, the Tata Center for Technology and Design, Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay and Hinduja Hospital.