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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Computerized Thermal Imaging CIO (formerly COII) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Q. who wrote (4825)	7/2/2000 11:17:16 PM
From: Q.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6039

COII is like HMSC, which went out of business. Both companies have products that are nothing more than variants of thermography, which is imaging of the surface temperature of the skin. Thermography has been thoroughly discredited as a diagnostic for detecting breast cancer and for all other applications as well, as I show in the next post. COII's variation on thermography is to use a digital camera instead of an analog one. HMSC's variation was to use little liquid-crystal dots affixed to a sheet that was laid on the breast. Either way, you are still just imaging the surface temperature of the skin. HMSC had two big advantages over COII: (1) it actually had a patent, and (2) it was listed on the nasdaq. This wasn't enough, though. HMSC ran out of cash and quit operations Dec. 1998. Otherwise, the only differences I can see between the two companies are that: * COII is that while HMSC already had its 15 minutes of fame and then folded, COII is just now getting its moment in the spotlight. * HMSC was more forthright in its disclosures of risk factors, relating to the fact that their product truly is little more than thermography, which is a thoroughly discredited diagnostic. I fully expect COII to fold eventually, just as HMSC did. Message 12138966