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srean 2 hours ago

> That tracks. The defense primes have zero incentive to make things cheaper

Same in medical imaging industry.

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Mars008 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Well, there are cheap portable ultrasound scanners and endoscopes.

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srean 2 hours ago | parent [-]

True.

I was talking about those that are meant for hospitals. Was peripherally involved with a fledgling startup that was developing something cheap. Hospitals straightaway said noway.

	▲	projektfu 38 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		They would be desirable in places with poor advanced imaging penetration like Brazil. Usually only the largest city in a state has this sort of imaging.