Isn't is just a scam?
Like, all the computer does is figure out if one of the old paper tests has changed colour.
(, Tue 8 Sep 2020, 15:21, Reply)
I think the argument in favour of them is
it takes the guesswork out of trying to work out if there's a line or not.
Peeing on a computer and then immediately throwing it away does seem like a terrible waste, especially as these devices are going to end up in landfill and the e-waste isn't going to be put out with the recycling.
But then removing the lcd and fitting an oled instead and using it as a display also seems to slightly misrepresent the amount of tech in there
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LP, Tue 8 Sep 2020, 16:17,
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They used to be a lot more complicated.
I only barely remember now, but when I qualified as a pharmacist, there weren't cheap mass-produced pregnancy tests.
The lady in question would have to bring in a urine sample, then you'd have to mix it with two different reagents in sequence on a glass surface, and then try to work out how fluorescent it was it determine the result of the test. Then write the result on a piece of paper and give it to her in an envelope, keeping your tone of voice entirely neutral (because you can never assume that you know which result they want, and even implied congratulations/commiserations might be horribly misplaced).
And that was only in 1998. You young people don't know if you were going to have been born.
(, Tue 8 Sep 2020, 22:22, Reply)