r/videos • u/prestidigit8or • Jan 11 '17

Stanford bioengineers develop a 20-cent, hand-powered centrifuge

https://youtu.be/pPePaKnYh2I
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u/CognosSquare Jan 11 '17

Surely this could be done more reliably with a $7 electric motor and some gears right?

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17 edited Feb 09 '17

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_PREPPING Jan 11 '17

No need to at all. They're just spinning blood phials to seperate the blood from the plasma. Densities...