Democratizing Chemistry with 'Music Box'

From Timbuktu Chronicles Wed Apr 9 2014, 17:13:00

Stanford's Scope magazine:

Over the past few weeks my colleague Kris Newby has been writing about the Foldscope, the 50-cent microscope developed by bioengineer Manu Prakash, PhD. Today Prakash is announcing another device that will bring high tech science to the developing world - and to kids.

The device won a contest from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Society for Science & the Public to "Reimagine the chemistry set for the 21st century." In the contest materials, the two groups cite the absence of chemistry sets on the market today that inspire creativity.More here

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