Posted on 07/29/2025 6:06:26 AM PDT by Red Badger
But can your phone also make Julienne Fries?
“Spock’s Tri-corder”
Yeah, this capability was about the only thing left a phone will not do... I knew it was only a matter of time before they were full on Tricorders.
This is super cool. I wonder if it could be used to test rock samples in Gold hunting? Or maybe even date artifact stone strata associations?
>>>>I wonder if it could be used to test rock samples in Gold hunting?<<<<
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>> This is from a university and not a corporation seeking investor funding...
... yet. 😉
But your point is taken. I was thinking of Theranos — but she was a Stanford dropout — she wasn’t commercializing university research.
Yes, she was just a grifter, a higher class grifter, but a grifter just the same..............
That would be very cool. I would not be super interested in the photo stone type identification, that I can do pretty well with my eyes and knowledge. But I would be super interested if this particular phone spectrometer could give me a better idea of how rich that sample really is in the field without having to go through all the physical sample collection, >packing out<, and assay work. Scan it, check it, and drop it if it is not worth anything.
It sounds like it would be more sensitive than the portable mineral analyzers because of the broad wave spectrum it is capable of.
LOL!..................
We could definitely use this in our laboratory. It might not be GLP grade but good enough for process development.
Performance Matches Conventional Devices In proof-of-concept testing, the researchers found their pixel-sized spectrometer was as accurate as a conventional spectrometer and had sensitivity comparable to commercial photodetection devices.
Yeah man.
Everyone was waiting for a pocket spectrometer.
I know technology advances, but we are still limited by physics.
I don’t think it will have the same sensitivity as a lab spectrometer, but it would be useful in the field where you can do a high level analysis that is pretty accurate.
If I need a spectrometer in the field, I could see use for this to grab a clump of dirt, while you are looking for minerals for a quick analysis, before you spend thousands of dollars bringing in lab quality equipment.
At least that’s where I place it, but I could be wrong.
Universities exaggerate. A lot. In the press releases.
I’m not saying this is exaggerated, just pointing out the fact it comes from a university doesn’t necessarily make it more trustworthy.
And the universities will do a tech transfer, license to a company for development manufacture and marketing.
Uh, why would I want to carry one of these around in my pocket?
Full disclosure: I missed the boat completely on cell phones thinking that only a few big-shots would have any interest in carrying around a phone with them all of the time. Today, I have one.
“If I need a spectrometer in the field, I could see use for this to grab a clump of dirt, while you are looking for minerals for a quick analysis, before you spend thousands of dollars bringing in lab quality equipment.”
I agree. It would be great for prospecting. It would give you some idea on the spot of how rich an ore sample is before you even pack it out to process it later. And you would only have to mark a few locations on a map rather than a dozen different sample locations. It would cut out 95% of the time and work involved and let you cover much more area in an outing.
More useful than portable XRF?
ha,ha,ah,ha........
To say that shows that you have never been inside the research arm of a modern Uni — “modern” as in the last 50 years.
Back stabbing, lies, fraudulent data, etc. Think of all the yahoos pushing the global warming scam. Any time you try an pull in data for your own research you MUST corroborate it with at least one other source. Trust nothing.
Any time you walk down a hall you do so with your back to the wall — looks like a bunch of crabs scuttling about. :)
The hallowed ivy covered halls full of corruption????......Say it ain’t so!!!!!...............
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