Patients put a drop of blood on one side of the slip of paper, and on the other appears a colorful pattern in the shape of a tree, which tells medical professionals whether the person is infected with certain diseases. The chips test for multiple diseases at once. They also show how severely a person is infected rather than producing only a positive-negative reading.
Since people in remote parts of Africa and Asia often have to travel great distances by public transit or foot to reach a medical clinic, patients simply can take photos of the chips with cell phones and then send them to larger cities for diagnosis. Full Article
Lydia gives a presentation at the Apple Store 5th Avenue. Kris (right) and Brad (middle) help out w/the programming questions. Oh, yea… this is part of the Freeverse team, btw.
In the future, patch cells might be used for treating damaged hearts…
“Jordan Lancaster and Steven Goldman, researchers from the Southern Arizona Veterans Administration and the University of Arizona, put rat heart cells on a piece of synthetic mesh and within a few days, it started beating. The hope is that down the road the patch of cells could be used to treat damaged hearts.”
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about ten degrees increase in temp every day this week. strange.
“Flirt140 is a website and service that utilize Twitter profiles and tags in order to help you to find your ideal tweeting match. It pulls your bio, profile picture, and recent tweets to build quick profiles for any user on Twitter.”
In more exciting news from Twitter-land… FIRST TWEET FROM OUTER SPACE, by NASA’s Mike Massimino (aka Astro_Mike.)
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