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Briefing
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- Paper Centrifuge – Stanford University bioengineers develop paper centrifuge inspired from child’s toy which can separate particles in blood to screen for malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, and sleeping sickness
- Low-Cost Materials – Made of paper, twine, and plastic, costing just $0.20 to build, compared to commercial lab centrifuges that cost thousands of dollars
- Comparable Performance – Spins 125,000 rotations per minute (RPM) to process samples within 90 seconds, compared to real lab centrifuges that spin at thousands to hundreds of thousands of RPMs
- Benefits – Identifies malaria in field trials within 15 minutes, which can be useful in poor regions where electricity and resources are scarce
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