Caltech Engineers Use Legos, Google Smartphone For Smart Petri Dish
socalTECH
OCTOBER 11, 2011
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology reported last week that they have created a "smart petri dish" which uses Google smart phones and Lego blocks, to automatically monitor cell growth in petri dishes. Usually, petri dishes are placed in incubators, removed for examination, and manually studied under a microscope.
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