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H Humuhumu Member San Francisco Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 3691	H Humuhumu Posted posted on Thu, Feb 12, 2004 12:07 PM Handling very small amounts of liquid with high precision has become a trivial thing over the past decade; there have been huge advances in the field of microfluidics, where you deal with microliters of fluid (think one millionth of a dash). Right now, most of that work is being done with semi-expensive glass capillaries, but new developments have been made in using super-cheap silicone chips (that's silicone, not silicon -- bathroom caulk, essentially). Under either platform, cleaning is pretty easy, just add a flushing stage with a solvent. If any of you are interested in more information, here's a really kick-ass article a colleague of mine had a while back in Science. The best tiki bar is the one that's within stumbling distance of your bed The Humuhumu Room [ Edited by: Humuhumu on 2004-02-12 12:16 ]

Handling very small amounts of liquid with high precision has become a trivial thing over the past decade; there have been huge advances in the field of microfluidics, where you deal with microliters of fluid (think one millionth of a dash). Right now, most of that work is being done with semi-expensive glass capillaries, but new developments have been made in using super-cheap silicone chips (that's silicone, not silicon -- bathroom caulk, essentially). Under either platform, cleaning is pretty easy, just add a flushing stage with a solvent.

If any of you are interested in more information, here's a really kick-ass article a colleague of mine had a while back in Science.

The best tiki bar is the one that's within stumbling distance of your bed
The Humuhumu Room

[ Edited by: Humuhumu on 2004-02-12 12:16 ]

Post #75794 by Humuhumu on Thu, Feb 12, 2004 12:07 PM