# Lifesaving scientific tools made of paper

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2017
- Speaker: Manu Prakash
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/manu_prakash_lifesaving_scientific_tools_made_of_paper)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Lifesaving scientific tools made of paper](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/manu_prakash_lifesaving_scientific_tools_made_of_paper/d382d2930fcc), 14 min (TED's player)