2010 Facilitated Access to the Space Environment for Technology
September 27 - October 1, 2010 The DNA Medicine Institute (DMI)
successfully completed reduced-gravity experiments on its
rHEALTH sensor for the 2010 Facilitated Access to the Space
Environment for Technology (FAST) program, at the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Houston, Texas,
at the end of September. The rHEALTH sensor is designed to
extract a multitude of diagnostic information from a single drop
of blood. Although designed for use in reduced-gravity
environments in space, the technology can be applied to real-
time health monitoring at patient's bedside or in a doctor's
office, and allow for real-time clinical intervention in acute
situations. It was one of 17 technology demonstration projects,
from 10 different states, for reduced-gravity aircraft flights.
The DMI device was subject to zero, lunar, and 1.8 g conditions
for periods up to 25 seconds in a Boeing 727 airplane flying
repeated parabolic trajectories. A join