Carbon Nanotubes

One example of “disruptive innovation” is how Richard Bernstein developed the portable glucose meter in 1971 and pioneered “self-monitoring.”  Something similar is nearing with self- monitoring estrogen levels that indicate a woman’s fertility rhythm or her possible need for hormone replacement therapy during menopause.  Aneeve Nanotechnologies (Los Angeles, CA will commercialize a device that relies on ink jet printing technology and carbon nanotube ink to lay down circuits that change in their electrical resistance and optical properties when a drop of blood presents circuit-interfering estrogen.        MORE

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