Test for HIV in just 15 minutes with this $34 smartphone dongle

09 Feb 2015 • engadget.com

The dongle recently underwent pilot testing in Rwanda, where it was used on 96 patients, mostly from prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission clinics and voluntary test centers. Unfortunately, it incorrectly identified some patients as infected when they weren’t, but its creators are working to improve its accuracy before doing a bigger trial run.

Neat idea, but let’s work on the accuracy. Amazing if this is the future though. Tri-corders here we come.