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As pointed out on the twitter thread. If a digital test is wanted, there's no reason it couldn't accept exactly the kind of disposable strip it contains. That
by stuaxo 6y ago
As pointed out on the twitter thread.
If a digital test is wanted, there's no reason it couldn't accept exactly the kind of disposable strip it contains.
That way the part that is going to become ewaste could at least be re-usable.
- dwighttk 6y agoSingle use is (/can be) sterile when used once. How do you make sure it is clean on second use? Do paper test strips include a wick?
- titzer 6y agoIf only there existed ways of cleaning things.
- underbluewaters 6y agoYou'd have to make sure the diodes were exactly lined up with the strip in order to avoid false negatives. That doesn't seem like a risk worth taking to save a few bucks. Maybe some sort of cartridge system could be developed.
- kortex 6y agoThat's what the control strip is for. Use that for registration. What you really care about is the relative intensities of the control and test.