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Sim, Jia-Zhi; Nguyen, Phi-Vu; Lim, Jeremy Poon-Heng; Su, Chinh Tran-To; Gan, Samuel Ken‐En

doi:10.1142/s021903031500021x

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“…With advanced image processing algorithms and the smartphone camera, apps (e.g. Gelapp, see Sim et al, 2015) have been developed to make this process simpler and automated, decreasing reliance on human estimations, bulky gel documentation equipment, and doing away with laborious graph plotting. Although limited by the inability to emit UV or blue light necessary for DNA gels, handheld UV/blue light lamps can easily be used to solve this problem.…”

Section: Equipment Displacement Apps (Table 3)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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The world of biomedical apps: their uses, limitations, and potential

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Poon

2016

Sci Phone Appl Mob Devices

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Many significant biomedical discoveries of old were made in the private property of famous scientists e.g. Leeuwenhoek and Archimedes. Today, discoveries are made in brightly-lit, hi-tech, ergonomic buildings that house research institutes. While such development is advantageous in many aspects, the spatial restriction of research into well-organized structures may delay and limit the spontaneity necessary for discoveries. The smartphone and peripheral mobile devices have the potential to not only increase the productivity and mobility of biomedical research, but also restore some freedom from spatial constraints. One possible way this can occur is the development of a mobile biomedical lab that allows researchers to carry out core research processes 'on-the-go' without being spatially restrained within a building or availability of equipment. For this exciting prospect, we surveyed the Google and Apple app stores, discussing the limitations and the potential of this area. Based on the developments, it appears to be just a matter of time before the majority of biomedical labs processes and equipment become mobile, centred on the smartphone and peripheral devices.

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Section: Equipment Displacement Apps (Table 3)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With global smartphone number predicted to exceed 6.1 billion by 2020 (Lunden, 2015), the number of apps are also burgeoning. In the area of biomedical research, mobile apps promise to increase the productivity and mobility of biomedical research as a truly mobile biomedical lab (Sim et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%