An 18-year-old from Mexico has designed a bra that can detect signs of bre@st cancer early on.
Julian Rios Cantu
says that he was inspired by his mother's battle with bre@st cancer, which
eventually lead to her having a double mastectomy.
His design has now
won the top prize at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards.
Known as EVA, the
bra has been developed with the help of three friends through Julian’s
company Higia Technologies, with the intention of being used by women with
a genetic predisposition to cancer.
It’s equipped with around 200 biosensors which allow the bra to map the surface of the breast, monitoring changes in temperature, weight and shape.
In some cases, an
increase in heat can suggest more blood flow – indicating that those blood
vessels are feeding on something, which tends to be some type of cancer.
THIS IS A WELCOME INNOVATION
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