Published Sep 2, 2011
Trek in the News: Sickbay Becoming Reality?
Trek in the News: Sickbay Becoming Reality?
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As if the world needed more proof that Star Trek's fiction is becoming today's reality, engineers in the U.K. have created a very Star Trek-esque sickbay for the National Health Service. It's already in place at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and, utilizing a suite of monitors that analyze a person's breath, skin and blood flow/oxygenation, can reportedly help diagnose more than 40 diseases.
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