Apple's iPad is not only for checking emails and your friend's status on Facebook. It is now also a device to check a man's fertility if approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A Taiwanese start-up, Aidmics, plans to send a proposal to the FDA that its device attached to an iPad could also be used on humans. The device, called iSperm, can regularly be used to check the fertility of livestock and improve production in Taiwan, according to Reuters.
Aidmics founder Agean Lin told Reuters that the device, if approved by U.S. authorities, can solve the problem of infertility in one out of six couples in the country.
The Taiwanese businessman wants to tap the $40 billion global fertility market confirmed by investment advisory Harris Williams.
The iSperm device, which is a simple device attached to an iPad, has been launched commercially and had sold 200 sets to farms globally. It may not be the first at-home sperm testing device, but it is the only one that offers instant fertility measurements and even visuals, CBS News-San Francisco reported.
A Taiwan-based livestock raiser, Sam Wang had confirmed that the use of the device had been helpful in raising the productivity of his farm animals. He told publication that the fertility of his boars rose by 20 percent.
