Posted on 10/01/2007 8:29:39 AM PDT by Reaganesque
October 1, 2007 A Californian based company has produced the world’s first disposable photonic lab-on-a-chip solution for next-generation water and food analysis, chemical and biological agent detection, and point-of-care diagnostics. The PhotonicLab Platform from Bioident Technology Inc. enables rapid in-vitro diagnostics, chemical and biological threat detection, and environmental testing without the need for off-site lab analysis. This offers greater mobility and sensitivity compared to existing biological and chemical assays and delivers a cost-effective disposable lab-on-a-chip solution by eliminating the need for complex and expensive readout systems.
To produce the device Bioident utilized the latest breakthroughs in nanotechnology and leveraged its own existing PhotonicLab Platform – a process which uses organic semiconductor based technology to print light emitting and detecting capabilities directly on to any surface - including glass - enabling on-chip analysis and diagnostics producing real-time results. This technology employs a process developed by Bioident’s parent company, Austria’s Nanoident Technologies AG, which uses an inkjet printer to print electronic circuits on a variety of surfaces, such as plastic foil or glass. This makes it possible to apply photosensitive semiconductors directly onto a lab-on-a-chip.
The development of the lab-on-a-chip has resulted in Bioident being announced a co-winner in the semiconductor category for the seventh annual Wall Street Journal contest for Technology Innovation, as well as being named the recipient of the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Enabling Technology of the Year Award for its superior expertise in the lab-on-a-chip platform. A reflection of not only the importance of the breakthrough but also the times we live in.
For further info visit Bioident.
Interesting stuff! Mr. Spock would be proud!
Here's a chip on a Lab...............
Never underestimate how much technology is driven by science fiction.
the “width” parm is our friend....
I don’t know how to use it.........
cute...
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Thanks!............
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We'd kinda guessed that.... ;-)
An interesting show, How William Shatner Changed the World, spoke tojust that issue. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_William_Shatner_Changed_the_World
I think there have been 1 or 2 other shows that presented the inventions that came from Star Trek and inventors who were inspired by the 'possible future' of ST.
Yeah, but does it make the little wooeewooeewooee sound....
I didn’t even know it existed!............
The space program wouldn’t be nearly as far along as it is now had it not been for Star Trek. Just ask many of the scientists who worked on it. They didn’t name the first shuttle Enterprise by chance. They even invited cast members to the unveiling of the shuttle.
Heck, the inventor of the Ipod got his idea from watching Mr. Data on Next Generation listening to music on his computer. And how about flip-phones? They’re a direct result of the original Star Trek communicator. Now this. It all begins in the imagination.
This thing works on a PDA. Just download the sound effect and viola!
ping for future.
Technology foreshadowed in Star Trek is more and more a part of daily life. Cell phones (especially flip phones) are the communicators, and anyone with a Bluetooth headset is just copying Uhura and her earpiece. Computers can talk and (to some degree) listen. The military is testing a weapon that can deliver disabling pain via electromagnetic waves yet cause no permanent damage, just like a phaser set on stun.
Now all we need is some green space babes, and we’ll be all set.
It won’t be there long! :-)
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