A “lab on a chip” built into a USB stick, the device can run off any computer or tablet with a USB and diagnose HIV from small blood samples.
Tag: Lab on a Chip
Researchers create saliva powered fuel cells
Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, and Penn State University recently published a paper in Nature Magazine showcasing their work on a saliva powered microbial fuel cell.
Body Implant uses mobile networks to detect potential diseases
Swiss scientists have developed a tiny, portable personal blood testing laboratory that sends data through mobile phone network
Another amazing invention from John Roger’s lab at University of Illinois
Now Rogers, in a paper published in the journal Science, has unveiled what he calls “transient electronics”, which are made of silicon, magnesium and silk, that can be implanted subcutaneously for a specific purpose and once they have served that purpose will automatically dissolve harmlessly into the human body.
New “acoustic tweezer” lab-on-a-chip has major implications on race to build medical tricorder
Penn State University researchers have discovered a new technique for sorting cells on a chip no bigger than a dime using acoustic waves.
