The following podcast takes on the form of a game show in which the topics of Microfluidics and MEMS development are the centers of attention. Microfluidics take advantage of photolithography to produce channels in PDMS that are on the scale of nanometers. By bonding this piece of PDMS to a piece of glass the channels are enclosed and fluids can be passed through. The infinite design possibilities allow engineers to control chemical reactions in the chip to test for any possible number of things.  MEMS, or microelectro-mechanical systems, are small micro-machines that are made up of components that are on the scale of nanometers and micrometers.  They are used in various techniques of microfabrication and for carrying out processes in small scale.

Colin Lenskold, Cameron Smith, Aleeza Ajmal