Think of it as origami that could save your life. A sheet of paper can be turned into a personalised diagnostic toolkit using nothing more than an inkjet printer and a few well-placed folds.
Developed by UK technology firm Cambridge Consultants, the system can test bodily fluids for medical conditions ranging from influenza to heart disease. It could make it easier and cheaper to diagnose populations at risk of infection.
This would revolutionise the way we handle diseases such as Ebola, claims the firm’s head of diagnostics, John Pritchard. “Instead of stockpiling tests in the event of an epidemic, you have something that can be manufactured rapidly and rolled out whenever a disease comes round,” he says.
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