IMPACT PHOTONICS engineers open-source and cost-effective scientific instrumentation that makes the best out of photons. IMPACT PHOTONICS’ main goal, via its flagship project GAMMA , is to provide healthcare-professionals with a high sensitivity absorption spectrometer, able to perform a blood chemistry analysis on-the-go for less than €2 per panel. With a core expertise in optical spectroscopy and...Read More

Solving the world’s sanitation crisis is a complicated problem that requires expertise from a huge range of disciplines. Here is a paper that I have collaborated on recently that illustrate this in journal “Fuel” and describes experiments to combust human waste. The findings will assist in the development of technologies to thermally process human waste,...Read More

With every flush, this toilet creates water and electric power for those who need it most. The “Nano Membrane Toilet,” developed by a group at Britain’s Cranfield University, received a grant during the second round of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Reinvent the Toilet Challenge. This self-contained waterless commode doesn’t require power, and with...Read More