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It's the MacGyver Approach to Microfluidics

Dec 11, 2008

Here's a blog post from the Wired folks describing a new microfluidics technology that could potentially be used for low-cost diagnostics in the developing world. From George Whitesides' group at Harvard, the technology is based on using a paper substrate with double-sided tape to keep costs down. "With a bit more work, the Harvard University chemists who devised the paper test could build a user-friendly, multi-layered microfluidics device with raw materials that cost roughly three cents," the story says.

 

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