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You can get a children's microscope for $5 dollars that has the same resolving power, but it still hasn't changed healthcare. I got tired arguing with people t
by frozenport 13y ago
You can get a children's microscope for $5 dollars that has the same resolving power, but it still hasn't changed healthcare.
I got tired arguing with people that the cost of healthcare is not the microscope.
Its either the people or the disposable goods. For example, it is difficult and costly to prepare the following slides: http://cdn.dogomedia.com/system/ckeditor_assets/pictures/5329b83f1860e0297c0020b4/content_Prakash-Foldscope2014_copy.011.jpg http://cdn.dogomedia.com/system/ckeditor_assets/pictures/532...
At the end of the day $757,000 could have been used to dig 1000 wells.
- vacri 13y agoI remember seeing a talk by an antarctic scientist researching anti-freeze oils in fish, for use in the food sciences. Down there with his crew and expensive equipment, boring a hole through the ice to catch fish... and the most fundamental bit of equipment they used in the process was the fishing rod. They couldn't find a short rod easily (Australian, no culture of ice fishing) so they ended up using a toy Snoopy-branded rod, all of about 30 cm long...
- foobarian 13y agoWhy on Earth did they happen to bring a toy Snoopy-branded fishing rod with them on an Antarctic expedition?
- vacri 13y agoIt was purchased as part of the mission equipment. Australia doesn't have ice fishing, so there aren't really any sources for short fishing rods. The toy rod was available, and did the job!