Could diagnosing COVID-19 become as easy as taking a photo? What if you could screen for infectious diseases like COVID-19 using some paper and your phone? A new invention claims to detect diseases with just with just a piece of paper and your phone? Well, that’s exactly what some brilliant minds at Cranfield University have invented.
They’ve created a $1 origami paper sensor that can detect biomarkers in wastewater, using only the camera on your mobile. It’s like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, but it’s real and it’s making tracking diseases way more accessible. Who needs those expensive tests when you’ve got origami and a phone in hand?
Think about it: a pandemic plastic test you can craft with no more skill than required for a simple paper crane. The power of origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, is going from cute to cutting-edge in a move that’s both crafty and lifesaving—literally.
My origami skills are limited to a square, a triangle and a triangle with a square. I can also make what looks like a wad of paper.
Here's a video of a guy who actually knows what he's doing:
https://youtu.be/mdYIP_hD33E?si=I8sBr1tLKtMMDwrh
Can you imagine identifying diseases like COVID-19 nwith just a piece of paper and your phone? Well, that’s exactly what some brilliant minds at Cranfield University have invented. They’ve created a $1 origami paper sensor that can detect biomarkers in wastewater, using only the camera on your mobile. It’s like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, but it’s real and it’s making tracking diseases way more accessible. Who needs those expensive tests when you’ve got origami and a phone in hand?
Think about it: a pandemic plastic test you can craft with no more skill than required for a simple paper crane. The power of origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, is going from cute to cutting-edge in a move that’s both crafty and lifesaving—literally.
My origami skills are limited to a square, a triangle and a triangle with a square. I can also make what looks like a wad of paper.
Here's a video of a guy who actually knows what he's doing:
https://youtu.be/mdYIP_hD33E?si=I8sBr1tLKtMMDwrh
