We live in a techie world where ovulation, pregnancy, even baby's diaper changes can be charted via a multitude of apps. So it's about time someone developed a pregnancy test that not only tells you whether you're about to put on 40 lbs. in the name of creation, but also gives you lots of other sophisticated, computer-driven data about your baby-to-be.
The cleverly named p-Teq USB Pregnancy Test Kit requires users to pee on a stick, just like all the other home pregnancy tests on the market. But that's where the similarity ends. Uncap the other end of the wand to expose a USB connector to insert into your computer.
"The power from your USB port starts the electrospray ionization process, creating a spectrograph of the various masses for your analysis," according to ThinkGeek, which advertises the pregnancy test on its website. "Get it? Your analysis? Urinalysis? *rimshot* Moving on."
According to ThinkGeek, the p-Teq's mass spectrometry software analyzes hormones including human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which rises in pregnancy; hyperglycosylated hCG (hCG-H), which aids in detecting pregnancy before a missed period; and luteinizing hormone (LH), which helps predict ovulation.
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