Could the telephone be used as a healthcare device? Mathematician Max Little believed that it could. Because Parkinson’s disease causes unusual tremors in the voice, Little realized that a 30-second phone call could be all that’s needed to diagnose the disease, which devastates millions of people worldwide. As Little shared at TEDGlobal 2012, in trials, [...]

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