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Mahad
9th August 2011 - 02:01 AM
Hello everyone, did you guys heard of the suit-case sied anthrax detector? Researchers at Cornell university made it.It has fluid pumping, power and computation beautifully packed into 1cm by 3cm space. It also has a micro-fluid device for sample purification integration and DNA analysis chambers as well. What it needs is just a small biological sample and the machine aumatically seperates DNA from cells and performs analysis in no time. Its inventors say that it can detect anthrax if a few dozen spores are present, check it out on news.discovery.com and let me know your opinions about whether this machine would become a significant invention or not?
boit
10th August 2011 - 02:22 AM
It will become a significant invention and what's more, it will be usefull in other areas that it wasn't planned for e.g, HIV genotyping and the like.
Capracus
21st September 2011 - 10:39 AM
QUOTE (Mahad+Aug 9 2011, 02:01 AM)
Hello everyone, did you guys heard of the suit-case sied anthrax detector? Researchers  at Cornell university made it.It has fluid pumping, power and computation beautifully packed into 1cm by 3cm space. It also has a micro-fluid device for sample purification integration and DNA analysis chambers as well. What it needs is just a small biological sample and the machine aumatically seperates DNA from cells  and performs analysis in no time. Its inventors say that it can detect anthrax if a few dozen spores are present, check it out on news.discovery.com and let me know your opinions about whether this machine would become a significant invention or not?

The Cornell detector can't compete with this device. The GT200 detector can detect practically any substance, requires no power source and can fit in a handbag.

http://www.globaltechnical.co.uk/gt200-rem...-detection.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GT200

Lasand
23rd September 2011 - 10:48 PM
The GT200 Detector:

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2010/01/29...cs_30121416.php

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/3...gt200-detectors
Capracus
24th September 2011 - 02:24 AM
The dissemination of these devices is one of the most glaring examples of fraud and graft I’ve ever seen. I don’t know whose conduct is more egregious, the manufacturers, the governments that facilitated their production and sale, or the agencies who bought and used them. It’s truly amazing that the company that manufactures the GT200 is still in business and that it’s officers are not in prison.
Capracus
16th October 2011 - 04:43 PM
Another suitcase sized detector.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2010...ives-in-africa/
Capracus
19th October 2011 - 09:25 AM
Thimble sized substance detectors.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-...-sniffing_x.htm
Capracus
21st October 2011 - 04:29 AM
Microscopic substance detectors.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotlan...ast/8362066.stm
Capracus
22nd October 2011 - 09:48 AM
Four legged substance detectors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detection_dog
Capracus
24th October 2011 - 03:26 PM
No legged bomb detectors.
http://publicintelligence.net/mine-detecti...a-terror-drill/
Capracus
26th October 2011 - 10:33 AM
Tumor sniffing substance detector.
http://singularityhub.com/2011/02/20/anoth...-in-the-clinic/
Capracus
27th October 2011 - 06:05 AM
Human substance detectors.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-06...tent_897876.htm
Capracus
27th October 2011 - 07:09 AM
Bruin substance detector.
http://sectionhiker.com/bears_sense_of_smell/
Capracus
31st October 2011 - 01:05 PM
Finned substance detectors.

QUOTE
Sharks have an acute sense of smell. They are well-known for their ability to detect minute quantities of substances such as blood in the water. Sharks can detect a concentration as low as one part per billion of some chemicals, such as certain amino acids. A shark's sense of smell functions up to hundreds of meters away from a source.]http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/sharks-&-rays/senses.htm
Capracus
1st November 2011 - 03:18 AM
Cockroach ESP.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/766275/...ockroaches.html
Capracus
2nd November 2011 - 03:30 AM
Ant substance detector.
http://www.emporia.edu/ksn/v41n1-january1995/senses.htm
Capracus
3rd November 2011 - 07:04 AM
Rodent substance detector.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/20...underwater.html
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