Sequencing sewers to detect health fluctuations, sounds awesome!

Sequencing sewers to detect health fluctuations, sounds awesome!

"'Smart toilets and sewer sensors are coming'" http://feedly.com/e/HJV0MazF

‘Smart toilets and sewer sensors are coming’ (Wired UK)
Advances in genomics are moving the bioengineering laboratory into the city sewers. In 2014, our wastewater systems will become smart, with automated sampling and lab-on-a-chip biosensors

One Reply to “Sequencing sewers to detect health fluctuations, sounds awesome!”

  1. I think this is useful, you can also monitor what medication your population is taking.

    Hope this can help to further improve public sanitation. Bad sanitation in cities can easily cause epidemics. It's not sexy but any investment there probably pays back 🙂

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