This Ultrasound Bra Could Detect Cancer Sooner
In 2015, Canan Dağdeviren was working as a postdoc at MIT when she learned that her aunt,
Fatma
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Fatma, had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer.
Dağdeviren sketched an idea for an electronic bra with an embedded ultrasound
This embedded ultrasound that would be able to scan breasts
Six and a half years later—delayed by funding struggles and technical hurdles
Dağdeviren has finally succeeded in bringing that off-the-cuff sketch to life.