Apple's iPhone is being applied to more diverse applications that one could have imagined when it first came on the scene.

In one medical application, EE Times India's K.C Krishnadas reports on pediatric eye surgeons in India use it to prevent an eye disease that affects thousands of prematurely born infants and can cause blindness if not swiftly treated.

Anand Vinekar, project coordinator and pediatric retinal surgeon said the iPhone's large screen, resolution, graphics capabilities and features offered the good picture quality doctors require, and security in the form of easy-to-publish Adobe software &$151; which also helps to upload patient records immediately and securely.

In another application, a report on Engadget talks about "a small chip that plugs into the bottom of an iPhone and uses 16 nanosensors to detect the concentration of gasses like ammonia, chlorine, and methane."

EDA applications also run on the iPhone. One known as iWafer provides estimates for die size, yield, good die per wafer, and price per good die, for process nodes from 0.6 micron to 45 nm on wafer sizes from 150 mm to 300 mm.

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