Lifelens malaria app wins Microsoft 'Imagine Cup' grant
After taking second place in the 2011 Imagine Cup finals, Team Lifelens of the U.S. is one of four teams from around the world to win a $75,000 Imagine Cup grant, Microsoft announced today at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
The Lifelens project is run by students at universities across the country who have been working since November 2010 on an app that can image malaria cells for fast diagnosis right there on the phone, sans Internet.
The premise is straightforward. Apply a blood sample to a slide with a dye that only malaria … Read more
