Imagine you're an expectant mother who happens to live in a remote area that suffers from a lack of appropriate health care. Routine doctor visits for pre-natal check-ups are unfortunately not a part of your schedule.

NASA is changing the way pregnant women can receive medical attention right in their own homes. A NASA technology originally used to measure airflow over airplane wings has been successfully used to develop a portable, non-invasive, easy-to-use fetal heart monitor. This technology can listen, document and store fetal heart-rate data without injecting energy into the womb. In its present form, an at-home patient could send heart rate information directly to her doctor's office via the Internet.

Destination Tomorrow spoke with Dr. Allan Zuckerwar of NASA Langley's Advanced Measurement and Diagnostics Branch, and found that this technology may soon find it's way into your home.