▲ 15 ▼ This Lollipop Could Help Blind Women Independently Detect Pregnancy (www.smithsonianmag.com) submitted 1 month ago by CombatWombat@feddit.online to c/disability@beehaw.org 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments Design student Sneha Rao is developing Tact, an edible pregnancy test that allows people with vision impairment to feel its results on their tongues
[–] hypnicjerk@piefed.social 16 points 1 month ago (5 children) i really hope they don't have to pee on it first... permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Bubs@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago an edible device that could detect hCG in saliva. “The premise was that […] if saliva can replace urine as the sample, the whole device can go in the mouth, be used and be consumed,” she explains. Human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG, is a hormone that is only produced in the body nearly six to ten days after conception. “There’s enough research about how saliva can detect hCG and give you a 96 percent accurate result about whether you’re pregnant or not,” says Rao. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sina@beehaw.org 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children) I can somewhat see this becoming popular among normal sighted women too for that reason, assuming it's not cost prohibitive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Zozano@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) normal women Lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 point 4 weeks ago As opposed to parallel women permalink fedilink source parent [–] cadmiumsandbox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago "normal" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bubs@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago an edible device that could detect hCG in saliva. “The premise was that […] if saliva can replace urine as the sample, the whole device can go in the mouth, be used and be consumed,” she explains. Human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG, is a hormone that is only produced in the body nearly six to ten days after conception. “There’s enough research about how saliva can detect hCG and give you a 96 percent accurate result about whether you’re pregnant or not,” says Rao. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sina@beehaw.org 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children) I can somewhat see this becoming popular among normal sighted women too for that reason, assuming it's not cost prohibitive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Zozano@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) normal women Lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 point 4 weeks ago As opposed to parallel women permalink fedilink source parent [–] cadmiumsandbox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago "normal" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) normal women Lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 point 4 weeks ago As opposed to parallel women permalink fedilink source parent
[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 point 4 weeks ago As opposed to parallel women permalink fedilink source parent