One can envision using similar technique to produce stacked thin slices of integrated circuits into 3-D systems. |
There are many possible directions to go from here. The current structure is folded only once. Like paper origami, it is possible to fold multiple times. |
This sorting process is now painstakingly done by hand. A technician finds the cell of interest under a microscope and literally cuts out the piece of glass where the cell is located, taking care not to harm the sample. |
We could design the program to separate cells by size, luminescence, texture, fluorescent tags and basically any characteristic that can be distinguished visually. |