AÑO
2015
CATEGORÍA
Cuerpo
OBJETIVOS
Salud y bienestar
PAL. CLAVE
prevention, medical machinery, human powered
PAÍS
United Kingdom
CRÉDITOS
Jack Albert Trew
LINK
http://www.jackalberttrew.net/#/alps/
SPOKEFUGE
Spokefuge is a low-tech centrifuge alternative comprising of a bike wheel to diagnose anaemia.
Over two billion people are affected by anaemia across the globe, this makes the blood condition the largest nutritional disorder in the world, 30% of all humans on Earth are thought to be anaemic. This simple device has the potential to replicate the results produced by an expensive electric centrifuge in areas that are perhaps too underdeveloped or remote for modern medical equipment to be used. In utilising the continents favoured method of transport, the bicycle; the device is able to provide a simple alternative blood diagnosis process that yields more accurate results.