Saturday Eco – Oddity

Be afraid.  The Indian GDP growth rate is far outpacing the U.S., screaming at 10% versus 3%.   Is my parents’ home state’s growth due a boom in infrastructure, mass outsourcing, or a focus on engineering and technology? No, it’s because of the bamboo microscope!

[Silence]

Okay, so I lie.  But this New Delhi biodegradable baby (hmm, never saw piles of microscopes in landfills) goes for $4 versus a conventional one which runs for $150 – and that’s the sale price.  In India, it offers those students who can only afford to learn concepts a chance to apply these concepts with a nifty scientific tool.   For cash-strapped U.S. schools, it may not be a bad option either.  And it's light, which is great because you never know when you need to take a bacteria sample.

Oh and what’s this have to do with junk mail?  Well, how else can you read the junk mail’s fine print?

-Sanjiv

http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v13/n10/full/nm1007-1128a.html

Thanks  Stefan (our engineer) for the story.

Comments

[Renee]

Thanks!