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This teenager could revolutionize malaria testing with a cheap smartphone attachment

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by on August 18, 2014 at 12:15 pm
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Tanay Tandon is the 17-year-old founder of Athelas, a blood-testing kit for smartphones that is designed to diagnose malaria. For more than two centuries, cell morphology – or the practice of viewing/analyzing a person’s blood – has been the primary way to approach medicine. The process is generally long and expensive: go to the doctor, get a sample taken, wait for a couple of days for a trained professional to analyze the blood, and then receive your report. Athelas changes all that. In short – a malaria test that requires no expertise, takes a few seconds, and costs next to nothing. All…

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This teenager could revolutionize malaria testing with a cheap smartphone attachment

Aug18
by on August 18, 2014 at 12:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Profiles and Interviews

THAILAND-HEALTH-MALARIA-MYANMAR

Tanay Tandon is the 17-year-old founder of Athelas, a blood-testing kit for smartphones that is designed to diagnose malaria. For more than two centuries, cell morphology – or the practice of viewing/analyzing a person’s blood – has been the primary way to approach medicine. The process is generally long and expensive: go to the doctor, get a sample taken, wait for a couple of days for a trained professional to analyze the blood, and then receive your report. Athelas changes all that. In short – a malaria test that requires no expertise, takes a few seconds, and costs next to nothing. All…

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Cloud Imperium hits $50 million in crowdfunding for its space sim video game Star Citizen

Aug18
by on August 18, 2014 at 11:32 am
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Cloud Imperium has soared past the $50 million crowdfunding mark for its highly ambitious space simulation video game Star Citizen. At the time of writing, the developer has raised just over $51 million from more than 525,000 fans. The latest milestone has unlocked yet another premium feature for the game; natural and realistic languages for three alien races. Such a high level of crowdfunding is almost unprecedented in the video game industry. Kickstarter has helped a number of independent developers put their passion projects into motion, but the time-restricted nature of the platform usually limits the overall level of funding…

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Cloud Imperium hits $50 million in crowdfunding for its space sim video game Star Citizen

Aug18
by on August 18, 2014 at 11:32 am
Posted In: Around the Web

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Cloud Imperium has soared past the $50 million crowdfunding mark for its highly ambitious space simulation video game Star Citizen. At the time of writing, the developer has raised just over $51 million from more than 525,000 fans. The latest milestone has unlocked yet another premium feature for the game; natural and realistic languages for three alien races. Such a high level of crowdfunding is almost unprecedented in the video game industry. Kickstarter has helped a number of independent developers put their passion projects into motion, but the time-restricted nature of the platform usually limits the overall level of funding…

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Dolphin wants to be more than a window to the Web – it plans to be a channel for all your content

Aug18
by on August 18, 2014 at 10:56 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Profiles and Interviews

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Mobile browsers are solidifying their importance amidst the mobile revolution, as more and more people access the internet via their smartphones and tablets, abandoning the desktop experience in the process. Dolphin is one of the oldest and most popular third-party browsers for Android — we called it a “genuinely beautiful Android browser” in a roundup — currently claiming more than 100 million users worldwide. Dolphin Browser was started in the US back in 2010. Recently, Dolphin made a rather surprising move by announcing that it sold a 51 percent stake to Changyou, a Chinese online game developer, in return for $30 million…

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