Michael Gilligan | 26/05/2020 10:27:19 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | I just spotted this piece, on Ars Technica : **LINK** https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/a-fidget-spinner-to-detect-urinary-tract-infections/
The original paper is a free PDF download
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Neil Wyatt | 26/05/2020 17:52:40 |
![]() 19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles | Interesting that some questions the potential for it to generate a useful g-force, yet the 4200 rpm they quote to give 2000g is not much different from the typical 3,750 rpm of a fidget spinner. Neil |
Michael Gilligan | 26/05/2020 23:34:15 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | This, from the third page of the PDF, seems key to their success: Despite the relatively low spinning speed with large variations, the filtration efficiency of the Dx-FS is high owing to fluid-assisted separation technology (FAST28; Fig. 2). ____ ... and it’s worth comparing the sort of figures that might be used in a Lab centrifuge: **LINK** https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_moderate_rpm_and_minutes_for_harvesting_bacteria/58ef77d7404854f6b311da72/citation/download MichaelG. |
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