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Salad Spinner Made Into Life-Saving Centrifuge

Posted by samzenpus on from the kitchen-and-lab-equipment dept.

lucidkoan writes "Two Rice University students have transformed a simple salad spinner into an electricity-free centrifuge that can be used to diagnose diseases on the cheap. Created by Lauren Theis and Lila Kerr, the ingenious DIY centrifuge is cobbled together using a salad spinner, some plastic lids, combs, yogurt containers, and a hot glue gun. The simple and easily-replicated design could be an invaluable tool for clinics in the developing world, enabling them to separate blood to detect diseases like anemia without electricity."

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  1. Iran circumvents IAEA.. Walmart stock up 5% by Orga · · Score: 2, Funny

    Irans elite military units placed orders for large quantities of salad spinners from walmart.com early Tuesday. UN officials release statement citing possible miscalculation of sanction effectiveness.

    1. Re:Iran circumvents IAEA.. Walmart stock up 5% by The+Archon+V2.0 · · Score: 4, Funny

      aren't those centrifuges a bit more powerful?

      That's the Iranians' dark secret: They are developing new salad technology. They don't want to nuke the Jews, they just really love Caesar salad and don't want the other Muslim extremists to laugh at them.

  2. Re:Why is this in idle? by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can we swap kdawson for samzenpus please.

    Seems like somebody forgot to unmount the scratch monkey.

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  3. Re:Nice work, but... by ciaohound · · Score: 4, Funny

    not terribly expensive, they're sturdy as hell, and they're durable and easy to sterilize

    Say, that would make a great salad spinner!

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