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Another example of Frugal Science at play is Paperfuge, which computes the button-and-string, the oldest and simplest toy in the world and apparently one of the fastest human-powered objects ...

But Prakash’s most popular invention has to be his microscopy project – a hit across the world. An origami-like fold-up paper unit, the Foldscope has turned communities into contributing ...

The Foldscope, Paperfuge, and Octopi are inexpensive diagnostic tools that Manu Prakash and his team have invented to improve the lives of people around the world.

Built from 20 cents of paper, twine and plastic, a “paperfuge” can spin at speeds of 125,000 rpm and exert centrifugal forces of 30,000 Gs. “To the best of my knowledge, it’s the fastest spinning ...

The top, a toy still enjoyed by kids around the world, today has inspired an inexpensive, hand-powered centrifuge that could change how field biologists conduct research. It could also enable high ...

The "paperfuge," in turn, was inspired by a toy composed of string and a button that Bhamla played with as a child. He later discovered that these toys, known as whirligigs, have existed for some ...

The design of the paperfuge was also based on an ancient spinning toy, the whirligig. Given the recent fidget spinner fad, though, there should be plenty of discarded spinners to retrofit into ...

The victory of the Paperfuge is a triumph for the whirligig as well. As Prakash's student Saad Bhamla discovered, whirligigs can reach speeds of 15,000 RPM, and refinement allowed the lab to ...

Prakash Lab’s Paperfuge, a cheap, lightweight and “low-tech” alternative to a syringe that can perform blood tests, took the product prize, while SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy space rocket took the transport ...

Research agency Forensic Architecture has won the Design of the Year award for 2018, beating fashion designer Erdem Moralioğlu's costumes for the Royal Ballet and Space X's Falcon Heavy rocket.

The paperfuge is inexpensive, costing just 20 cents apiece to make. They can be made by hand or by machine, and the spinning disc can be made of paper or plastic.