PANTHER Sensor: Finding Pathogens in a Jiffy
If you have an enemy who’s threatening to you with anthrax, the last culture of smallpox, and the likes, you definitely need this.
Developed by the scientists in MIT, PANTHER, which stands for PAthogen Notification for THreatening Environmental Releases, could detect pathogens in the air for a mere 3 minutes while machines of similar function take up to 20. Its licensor Innovative Biosensors has released a product called BioFlash with the PANTHER technology last January. PANTHER could detect up to 24 pathogens in the air including anthrax, E. coli, tularemia, plague, and, if you know someone who happened to keep a culture of it somewhere after its eradication, smallpox. The PANTHER technology is especially useful in congested and depressed areas where contaminants are rampant, although it could also be used for medical diagnostics.
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