HIV Testing Using a mobile phone

Within a period not longer, for those who like change of partners, There is no shame for going to doctor yourself.

Because, later on, you can do yourself to detect whether the test had contracted venereal disease like HIV or syphilis by using a cell phone.

But do not worry, you certainly do not need to be flushed from your phone with urine or saliva to perform these tests.

A project named eST12 and headed by Tariq Sadiq from St George's University, London, England, is developing a chip that can detect the possibility of sexually transmitted diseases in saliva, urine, and blood.

Funds amounting to U.S. $ 6.5 million they've got to make the chips.The chip, which must be moistened by urine or saliva, it will be connected by phone to do the testing process. No need to long to know the outcome. "Only 5 to 15 minutes," said Sadiq.

There is now a prototype chip. Flash memory card similar in size. About the price, according to Sadiq, around U.S. $ 15-30 per chip. But if it is mass produced the price could drop to $ 3 per chip