Disposable sensors biotechnology will not help you diagnose your own illness quite yet, but we have taken the first step - an area of research includes three universities have successfully tested a lab on a chip. Called self-powered integrated microfluidic blood analysis system (SIMBA or short, thankfully), the camera takes a single drop of blood and separates cells from plasma. There is no electricity, mechanical or chemical reactions necessary here, just take jobs gravity of the liquid through small trenches and grooves, and it can take as little as ten minutes to produce a useful result . Only the first of an expected series of devices for rapid detection of diseases, cheap and portable. Chart after the break!
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