[Thomas Goetz] (Wired Mag) on [Akonni Biosystems]' [Tru Diagnosis] system. Almost 20 years after the [CDC]'s plan, our inability to diagnose and track infectious disease quickly and accurately (Disease Tracking) remains a serious problem... [Tru Diagnosis] is made of cheap injection-molded plastic. It's small enough to carry into the field and use outside a lab. And it produces results in an hour or less. "Anyone should be able to use it without much training," [Charles Daitch] says. "This is what we're focused on." He wants to make it so cheap that the cost of the [Tru Diagnosis] reader is negligible, something nonprofits or foundations can buy in bulk and give away. The target price is under $5,000. Individual tests will be priced from $50 in the US to less than $10 globally.

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