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Lifesaving scientific tools made of paper

Manu Prakash · TED

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Inventor Manu Prakash turns everyday materials into powerful scientific devices, from paper microscopes to a clever new mosquito tracker. From the TED Fellows stage, he demos Paperfuge, a hand-powered centrifuge inspired by a spinning toy that costs 20 cents to make and can do the work of a $1,000 machine, no electricity required.

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2017
Speaker
Manu Prakash
Year
2017
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health, Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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