LABONFOIL: A Portable Bond-Style Lab 30
Zothecula writes "A European project coordinated by Ikerlan and CIC microGUNE is developing a James Bond-style automated laboratory called 'LABoratory skin patches and smart cards based ON FOILs and compatible with a smartphone' (LABONFOIL). Using lab-on-a-chip technology and smart patches to detect a wide variety of substances and diagnose diseases, the goal of the project is to create a cheap, portable laboratory that can interact with smart devices."
Wow (Score:1, Funny)
That is not how acronyms work.
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LabOnFoil Project page [labonfoil.eu]
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Yeah, sometimes you look at a hilariously obvious acronym and think, "wow, that's kinda cool." I look at LABONFOIL and think, "you didn't even try."
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That's how it's written on the actual website, too. The only place it's in all caps is in the logo.
LabOnFoil is the acronym chosen to designate the project named "Laboratory Skin Patches and SmartCards based on foils and compatible with a smartphone"
The author of the gizmag article is a dumbass who copied and pasted text, then went out of his way to fuck up the capitalization and needlessly capitalize "on foil" when the people behind the project are doing no such thing.
But then it's an article on gizmag, s
Acronym (Score:1)
As far as i know this is not the way aCRONYms work, Mate.
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No-one said it was an acronym.
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That's how acronyms are usually described, "Complete Name (acronym)" and the letters LAB ON FOIL are capitalized.
This is as stupid as me writing "10 + 30 = 500" and then telling you that's not bad math, I just happened to write something that uses mathematical signs.
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After my shock at the piss-poor backronym, my next thought was how this relates to James Bond. Q had a fairly well stocked laboratory without having to resort to any foil at all.
Scary (Score:2)
The only area I can image this technology to be succesful in is surveillance. I really hate all the electronic snooping, sniffing and profiling. Can we please have a revolution?
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If you'd ever had a colonoscopy, you'd really appreciate the non-invasive method of detecting colon cancer. It was mentioned in TFA, BTW.
Sorry, but this device ain't gonna fix that. As per their webpage [labonfoil.eu] they use a test for CEA as a marker for recurrence of cancer. This is not even an effective screening test [webmd.com], and nothing that isn't already available. Better get your prep ready, you're gonna get probed again!
Bond style? Really? (Score:2)
So it will manufacture pen guns and 10 in 1 Rolex's?
Oh... it will only "detect a wide variety of substances and diagnose diseases"
Because we all know that Bond did forensics and cured the sick.
FYI: Bond was not a CSI type or a detective -- he was an assassin.
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Maybe they were referring to the portable lab that Bond used in Casino Royale.
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Maybe it's for detecting all Bond's STDs.
Dr. James Bond (Score:3)
Someone's obviously never seen a James Bond film in their life.
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Someone's obviously not got around to watching Casino Royale.
(admittedly, one medical gadget from one film isn't much to base such a comparison on - McCoy's tricorder would have been a better one)
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That's a Q-style lab, not a James-Bond style lab.
Yeah, when I think "Bond-style lab"... (Score:2)
...I think of counters ticking down to self-destruct, consoles erupting in pyrotechnics, and impossibly hot women trying desperately to escape. Pretty sure I don't want all of those in a portable form-factor.
that's cool but... (Score:2)
LABONFOIL? (Score:1)
Unbonding this... (Score:2)