The ongoing drop in prices of camera phones leads to constant innovative uses. In this instance George Whiteside’s research group at Harvard is using them as part of a project to produce close-to zero-cost medical testing equipment for the developing world. Given Symbian’s global reach such novel and valuable applications are an important part of the Symbian brand.
The Harvard group is using paper, cheap colour-producing bio-polymers and carpet tape to produce micro-fluidic testing kits for less than 5 cents each. And below you’ll find the TED video. But first a few words of explanation. Read more »
