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Digital Microfluidics

Posted by michael on from the lab-on-a-chip dept.

herrd0kt0r writes "A brilliant team of researches at Duke University have been working on digital microfluidics, with potential applications in biotech labs-on-a-chip, optical routers/switches, wavelength division multiplexers and the like. Essentially, this team has developed a solid state device capable of moving very small drops of fluid over very small distances with very little power. From their website they remark that "[m]icrofluidic processing is performed on unit-sized packets of fluid which are transported, stored, mixed, reacted, or analyzed in a discrete manner using a standard set of basic instructions." Their site includes eight .mpgs demonstrating their microfluidics tech in real-time. Be sure to take a gander at this video showing programmable flow of droplets as well as this one showing droplet splitting and formation."

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  1. One more application by KPU · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Although we're probably not going to see microfludic processors any time soon, printers are all about moving small quantities of ink.

  2. Re:It won't save /. by Mr2cents · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe the .com implosion caused a lot of people to do other things than reading /. at work? :)

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    "It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton LaVey
  3. NO !!! by manabadman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I was pondering the relatively uninteresting nature of some of the posts today and then WHAMMO !!! It hit me ...

    Digital Microfluidics
    michael
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    chrisd
    The Bulova Accutron
    michael
    Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition
    michael
    New Red Hat Multimedia Oriented Distribution
    CmdrTaco
    Reclaiming the Commons
    michael
    High Definition DVD
    michael
    Boulevard of Broken .dreams
    michael
    August 2002 Daemon News Ezine Published
    michael
    HighWLAN
    michael
    Atari 2600 Hacks
    michael
    Linux 2.4.19 Released
    michael

    coincedence ... ?? methinks not ....

    MICHAEL HAS ASSASSINATED THE OTHER EDITORS !!!

    my .deb is better than your rpm !
    --Unknown Flamebaiter

  4. Re:It won't save /. by TarrVetus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I doubt that /. will truly die for a very long time. Everyone wants news that's 'tailored for them,' and /. is focused on geeks and nerds. Where else will we go for news like this? CNN? _MSNBC?!_ Slashdot truly fills a niche in the media. Also, just because there are fewer posts doesn't mean that things are going downhill. Perhaps people just don't feel like posting as much as they used to. So be it.