Hospital devices already do this (kind of), like I said this really only applies to those shitty cheap ones you can get at Walgreens. If the oximeter has a power supply you can get the light bright enough to offset any skin tone. No one should be basing critical medical decisions on those cheap battery models, even if they didn’t have this inherent problem.
I can count on 0 fingers the number of times a guest of any color has needed to borrow one, and if a situation arises where they do, we’re probably better off calling 911 at that point.
Maybe you would spend the couple extra bucks for that capability. How many other people do you think will?
The point is that a machine that doesn’t compensate for melanin content will work for no one. How black are we talking about? Kamala Harris or Lupita Nyong’o? Who are you going to calibrate for?
No, the point is that they’re calibrated for the people who they were tested on/made by and that the vast majority of the population isn’t going to pay extra for a feature they are never going to need. It’s not like the $20 finger clip you got at CVS is a piece of lab equipment that’s being regularly recertified by an expert. As long as it says something over ~97% most people are happy and move on with their day.
You could always create a device that scans the skin and adjusts the measurements accordingly.
Hospital devices already do this (kind of), like I said this really only applies to those shitty cheap ones you can get at Walgreens. If the oximeter has a power supply you can get the light bright enough to offset any skin tone. No one should be basing critical medical decisions on those cheap battery models, even if they didn’t have this inherent problem.
That’s going to increase costs and/or decrease profit margins.
Then no scanner, just one that you adjust manually.
Buying two (or more if other skin tones are affected) devices would be more expensive than buying one device that covers all skin tones?
If I’m buying for a hospital, sure. If I’m buying one for home, I don’t need other skin tones to be covered.
Depends on where they sell more units
So, you don’t care about any guests of other skin tones? I’d rather have an oximeter that moderates to the user.
I can count on 0 fingers the number of times a guest of any color has needed to borrow one, and if a situation arises where they do, we’re probably better off calling 911 at that point.
Maybe you would spend the couple extra bucks for that capability. How many other people do you think will?
Fuck them mixed race people, I guess.
https://lemmy.world/comment/23992596
The point is that a machine that doesn’t compensate for melanin content will work for no one. How black are we talking about? Kamala Harris or Lupita Nyong’o? Who are you going to calibrate for?
No, the point is that they’re calibrated for the people who they were tested on/made by and that the vast majority of the population isn’t going to pay extra for a feature they are never going to need. It’s not like the $20 finger clip you got at CVS is a piece of lab equipment that’s being regularly recertified by an expert. As long as it says something over ~97% most people are happy and move on with their day.
Sure buddy, you know the point I was making better than me.