- | <p>Our project Idea is based on the need for for a preemptive approach to fecal matter bacteriophage disease causing viruses, not the post disease acquiring reaction that is now in effect.Currently those in charge of the swimming areas wait until they are notified that someone has come down with an unknown sickness and only knows they swam in the area the day before. Two to three people may have symptoms and the common denominator is swimming at the same beach or drinking the same water. A water sample is then taken, sent to a local laboratory and grown up on petri dishes. When a beach is closed due to bacteria it is usually three days after the current full of bacteria-phages was present. Given the amount of swimming areas, beaches and public access sites, along with the number of people who frequent them, we feel that there is a need for a rapid, handheld bio-sensor that can immediately get results. </p> | + | <p>Our project Idea is based on the need for for a preemptive approach to fecal matter bacteriophage disease causing viruses, not the post disease acquiring reaction that is now in effect.Currently those in charge of the swimming areas wait until they are notified that someone has come down with an unknown sickness and only know they swam in the area the day before. Two to three people may have symptoms and the common denominator is swimming at the same beach or drinking the same water. A water sample is then taken, sent to a local laboratory and grown up on petri dishes. When a beach is closed due to bacteria it is usually three days after the current full of bacteria-phages was present. Given the amount of swimming areas, beaches and public access sites, along with the number of people who frequent them, we feel that there is a need for a rapid, handheld bio-sensor that can immediately get results. </p> |