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Ultrasound Cell Phone App Lets You Check in on Your Embryo While Waiting for the Bus
From the WTF?!? files.

051409_sz_ultrasound.jpg Remember when Tom Cruise bought an ultrasound machine to check in on little Suri in womb? Well, now you can copy TomKat without having to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a Windows Mobile cell phone app that can display an ultrasound data feed.

You'll need a 5 MHz portable ultrasound probe that can connect to your phone via USB. Video of how it works after the break...

 
 

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LOL I thought that was a portable sex toy.

posted by Joan52 on May 14th 2009 at 2:56pm
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Sure, as long as you enjoy being covered in conductive jelly at the bus stop...

posted by Paladin on May 14th 2009 at 2:58pm
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At that point the embryo is technically a fetus.

posted by stickyricemama on May 14th 2009 at 11:03pm
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Oh my God! What not after you get on the bus full of pregnant women and offer a free test drive on your new toy!!! Then go to the State Fair and offer this service for $50 bucks a pop to see what sex their kid is! It's cheaper than going to the doctors office for the same service!!

posted by italiannyc8 on May 24th 2009 at 8:54am
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