Fidget Spinner >> Centrifuge

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

I just spotted this piece, on Ars Technica : **LINK**

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/a-fidget-spinner-to-detect-urinary-tract-infections/

The underlying concept of this cheap mini-centrifuge makes it too interesting to miss.

The original paper is a free PDF download

MichaelG.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Interesting that some questions the potential for it to generate a useful g-force, yet the 4200 rpm they quote to give 2000g is not much different from the typical 3,750 rpm of a fidget spinner.

Neil

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

This, from the third page of the PDF, seems key to their success:

Despite the relatively low spinning speed with large variations, the filtration efficiency of the Dx-FS is high owing to fluid-assisted separation technology (FAST28; Fig. 2).

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… and it’s worth comparing the sort of figures that might be used in a Lab centrifuge: **LINK**

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_moderate_rpm_and_minutes_for_harvesting_bacteria/58ef77d7404854f6b311da72/citation/download

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