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Smartphones play a role in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus, whether through contact tracing or testing applications, but their usefulness could go even further.
Researchers at General Electric want to develop a sensor suitable for smartphones capable of detecting the presence of Covid-19 nanoparticles.
The researchers are confident and assure that their sensor is perfectly capable of isolating the viral particles from the other elements which would also be found in the area to be analyzed.
"We train them to detect a specific thing, and they are able to do it well without being led astray by anything else," said Radislav Potyrailo, senior researcher at GE Research.
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“We have developed tiny sensors smaller than a fingertip that have the same detection capabilities as high-end microwave-sized analytical instruments,” added Potyrailo.
“By providing this exquisite sensing capability of a conventional high-end analytical instrument in such a small form factor, we can now envision sensing applications that you might consider to be implemented as a sensor surface on a mobile phone. or on an even smaller device.
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However, we will have to be patient, researchers must indeed further shrink their sensor so that it can be integrated into technological devices and we will also have to wait to know whether manufacturers of smartphones and other connected products will be open to the idea of '' integrate this type of component into their devices.
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