Month: August 2014

Cell phones really are becoming the all-in-one device

George M. Whitesides of Harvard University and coworkers have invented uMed, an electrochemical detector that uses the voice channel of a cell phone on any cellular network to transmit data for remote analysis.  It costs about $25, so it could bring water quality testing to people that cannot afford expensive electrochemical instruments.  It even uses …

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REMINDER – IdeaConnection Projects Q&A call: 9am PST August 7, 2014

IdeaConnection Projects Q&A call: 9am PST August 7, 2014 Chemists Without Borders – IdeaConnection Projects Conference Call Agenda Dates: Aug 7th 2014 9am PST LISTEN — IdeaConnection QA Conf Call July 17 2014 6pm.WMA Project Overview in Google Docs: CWB IdeaConnection Solutions   Join a Team:   1) ACTIVE     8504 Cottage Industry Arsenic Removal (filter)  …

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