[habosa]

This is remarkable. 1800W is like a fancy blender, amazing to be able to do a useful MRI at that power.

For anyone who is unaware, a standard MRI machine is about 1.5T (so 30x the magnetic strength) and uses 25kW+. For special purposes you may see machines up to 7T, you can imagine how much power they need and how sensitive the equipment is.

Lowering the barriers to access to MRIs would have a massive impact on effective diagnosis for many conditions.

[_vaporwave_]

This reminded me of the recent request for startups proposal by Surbhi Sarna “A way to end cancer”. The proposal states that we already have a way (MRI) to diagnose cancer at very early stages where treatment is feasible but cost and scaling need to be tackled to make it widely accessible.

Something like this low power MRI could be a key part of enabling a transformation of cancer treatment.