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Lab-on-a-Chip Made of Paper
technologyreview.com — By taking advantage of the natural movement of liquid through paper, researchers at Harvard's Whitesides Research Group may have found a way to make microfluidics technology much cheaper. The result could be disposable diagnostic tests simple and abundant enough for use in the developing world.
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- gamalicious, on 05/14/2008, -3/+4Next innovation: Nuclear power on paper
- sanman, on 05/14/2008, -0/+3well, that's a step up from nuclear power on the drawing board
- leszek, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1add a paper clip and Mac Gyver can do it.
- gdha, on 05/14/2008, -0/+6Impressive technology.
- zadadka, on 05/14/2008, -3/+6Sorry, this isn't new. The Swedes "discovered" this in 2004 as by-product in self-colouring paper experiements using proteins & starch.
- IphtashuFitz, on 05/14/2008, -0/+3Is the Swedish discovery the same thing that the Harvard folks are doing? The Harvard researchers describe manipulating the "channels" inherent in the paper as it's constructed, which is something they claim is different than what other microfluidics designers do.
- catalysis, on 05/14/2008, -0/+5This has nothing to do with "interactive paper" if that's what you mean. No offense to that Swedish group but it is not even in the same league as this research.
- gwaggy12, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1+ for a benign growth, - for a malignant tumor. And it's eco-friendly!
- finnmaccool, on 05/14/2008, -4/+3But can they also make the tiny grad students and postdocs who work in the lab-on-a-chip out of paper?
- diazigy, on 05/14/2008, -2/+3I work in a microfluidics technology lab in Cambridge, so I'm getting a kick out of all these replies.
- tak84, on 05/14/2008, -2/+2I work on the moon, so I'm pretty pumped that I could get a wi-fi signal up here.
- charlietuna, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Paper chromatography, like the windmill, is back!
- Spoomeister, on 05/14/2008, -2/+1Here's your lab tests... *fold fold fold* now they're your lab results... *fold fold fold* now they're a beautiful swan...
- ahoy, on 05/14/2008, -0/+3http://catsnstuff.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/dude ...
- ALyken, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2This is good news for the poor.
- wishninja, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2And the big down side is piss tests will now be so cheap you will need to take one every day before you clock into work, get your car registered, go to school, apply for a loan, and get new insurance.
- cyberdork, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Pfffffffff........ try publishing work like this without George Whitesides name on it. They will move from the editors hand straight to the trash can...
- iiiears, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1
Outstanding technology!
More affordable testing for dozens of ailments.
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