Ushio has made a great detector that can detect toxins, drugs and many other agents using a new method of detection that was published earlier in 2011. The technology is interesting. The detection reagent is a Variable region fragment ofHeavy chain antibody (VH) that has the quenched fluorescence group embedded in its structure. This is…
This is an unusual strategy adopted by only a few companies. The company believes in its strategy, instrument, device or service so much that it essentially tells the customer, we are different and we would like to stay that way. Join us if you like us otherwise we do not care. This is a tough…
Vanadium Dioxide is an interesting material. It functions as a metal at some temperatures and then as an insulator at other temperatures. The microscopic reason for the transition is unknown but the ways this can be used is interesting. Transition metal oxides make for interesting studies. They are normally an insulator that does not allow…
Dr Hagan Bayley’s lab has been working on ion channels, pores and droplet based technologies. Dr Gabriel Villar from that group just published a paper in Science that shows the formation of unique droplets submerged in hydrocarbons/oil. The formation of these droplets is interesting but what is unique is that they can form interactions amongst…
Changing the perspective is always difficult. It is hard to imagine how the perspective can be changed in a standard product that is off the shelf but often times it works significantly if the same device or instrument is used in a unique or different way. Let’s go back to the example of a centrifuge…
Many visitors come to Philadelphia to learn about American history and make a compulsory stop to see the Liberty Bell. However, what is relatively unknown to most of them is that there is a great chemical technology library, museum and a center for scholars less than three blocks away called the Chemical Heritage Foundation. There…
Microsoft Kinect was originally invented as a good way to control gaming but due to its good flexibility has quickly turned into a good way to control things. In biology, it has not been used as much to control microscopes or other expensive devices but Dr David McGloin at the University of Dundee in UK…
Continuation of discussion on what takes for a company to shine in a crowded marketplace with the example of a centrifuge company. The company that makes centrifuges has to change the acceptable practices that better fit its business and model. For example, this centrifuge company realizes that the acceptable practice in the market is to…
Several companies want to make applications and they go about dedicating several resources to create the application. We, at Usinlife have thought about what makes a good application and have three basic guidelines. These are not the only guidelines but are the starting point for every app process. 1. The app has to fulfill a…
The instinct in the market is to have a broad based technology and serve different segments of the customer. We will continue discussing the centrifuge example since this is a commodity in a research lab and very few scientists pay any attention the Make or model of the centrifuge as long as it works and…
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