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Volumetric Bar-Chart Chip Creates Infographic from Blood Measurements - information aesthetics

The recent academic paper “Multiplexed Volumetric Bar-Chart Chip for Point-of-Care Diagnostics” [nature.com], developed by researchers at the Department of Nanomedicine, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston, Texas, presents the research behind the V-Chip (short for Volumetric Bar-Chart Chip).

The chip is about the size of a business card, yet is able to turn about 50 test results into a live, physical bar chart that can be readily read out. This unique feature is achieved by linking a concentration measurement with a proportional production of oxygen, with then causes ink (not blood!) to be displaced along a thin channel in the device.

Cool.

Raise your hand if your blood helped inspire an infographic today.