'Tarek Loubani, an emergency physician working in the Gaza strip, has 3D-printed a 30 cent stethoscope that beats the world's best $200 equivalent..'<blockquote>'Surgeons, hackers, on mission to provide near-free medical tech to developing world
Tarek Loubani, an emergency physician working in the Gaza strip, has 3D-printed a 30 cent stethoscope that beats the world's best $200 equivalent as part of a project to bottom-out the cost of medical devices.
Loubani together with a team of medical and technology specialists designed the stethoscope and tested it against global standard benchmarks, finding it out performed the gold-standard Littmann Cardiology 3.'
-
Gazan medico team 3D-prints world-leading stethoscope for 30c, August 14, 2015</blockquote>
Context<blockquote>
(Open source platform) - '..Prosthetic Hand .. Cost $5 vs. $30K Medical Device.'(To Heal) - 'There's no good reason for medical technology to be this outdated.'CHIP - The World's First Nine Dollar Computer(Open Source) - Tabby—an open source car design released by Open Source Vehicle(In The Electric Universe) Open Source Infrastructure, beginning of the Enterprise Nervous System (ENS)</blockquote>