Monday, September 10, 2012

17-Year-Old Girl Invents Cellphone Heart Test

Catherine Wong is a 17-year-old high school student from New Jersey. Wong was a finalist in second annual Google Science Fair for creating a Bluetooth-enabled device that allows for remote cardiac examination. Yeah, she invented a cellphone that will test your heart.

17-Year-Old Girl Invents Cellphone Heart Test

The device she made is like a portable electrocardiogram, or ECG/EKG, a test performed countless times every day in hospitals around the world.