Mobile Device Delivers Rapid AIDS Test Results in an Hour

Nanobiosym, a nanotechnology firm based in Boston, Mass., has created a mobile device that can accurately test for AIDS in some of the most remote places on Earth, and do it in under an hour.

Called Gene-Radar, the iPad sized piece of technology works by taking a drop of blood, saliva, or other bodily fluid and placing it on a nanochip that is then put into the device

The tech has the potential to revolutionize medicine — the low accuracy of and limited accessibility to AIDS tests in isolated areas could no longer be a problem, and Gene-Radar could help drive down the cost of such tests worldwide. The device could track disease outbreaks in real time and help contain them, proliferate the personalization of medicine, and change the nature of an individual's relationship with his or her caretakers.  Read more...