Vietnam Medic Makes Homemade Endoscope

Davian writes "As reported by the BBC a Vietnamese doctor has managed to create an endoscope using an apparatus consisting of lenses and a webcam, linked to a Pentium 4. Total cost of extra hardware - less than $1000." The doctor plans to also assist other local hospitals that are facing similar budgetary contraints.

Ouch

[Anonymous Coward]

I just hope that this webcam is a little smaller than the one sitting on top of my monitor.

Pah...

[gowen]

$1000? For all the good that bit of cheap kit is going to do, he might as well shove it up his arse.

First cubic polynomial post

[polynomial_zeroes]

Pentium 4
Less than 1000 dollars
1 cubic polynomial post

4, 1000 and 1 are the zeroes of

x^3 - 1005x^2 + 5004x - 4000

--polynomial_zeroes [slashdot.org]

S P R O I I I N G !!!

[maharg]

nurse ! pass the duct tape !

Since when is this an inventive use of a webcam?

[Anonymous Coward]

I mean, c'mon! Webcams have never been used for anything other than looking at peoples' private parts.

Sweet Jesus

[CleverNickedName]

That's one webcam link which will not be slashdotted.

For once, the goatse trolls may well be on-topic.

Re:Pah...

[Parelius]

I just hope he's using something more sleek than my Logitech Quickcam for his ass-probe, or there's going to be a lot of pain and suffering in Vietnam....

It is nice to read the articles

[Anonymous Coward]

"In total I had to buy only the scope, which is about $800," Dr Huy told the BBC World Service programme Go Digital.

So Now...

[dcw3]

You can seriously tell someone to stick Windows up their ass! And, those that do the work can take this job and shove it.

Gives new meaning...

[havaloc]

...to Intel Inside.

He got the idea from AMD

[Weaselmancer]

They told him what he could do with his Pentium 4, and he took them literally.

Re:$30,000 versus $1,000

[slashflood]

(Hint: It rhymes with funny, but isn't.)

I don't get it. Gimme another hint.

Re:Endoscopic Image Capture

[Anonymous Coward]

t's an interesting field, I personally sat in on over 200 procedures to test the software

My God, man, your asshole must be trailing behind you like so many broken balloons!

I've heard of people putting iPods...

[callipygian-showsyst]

I've heard of people putting iPods up their rectums [google.com] but never Pentium 4 PCs! This is a whole new trend.

Re:Pah...

[indifferent children]

This is the one case where there can be "too much RAM".