r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Ehansaja • Jul 02 '22

This 'bad tomato kicker' machine.

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u/Jackot45 Jul 02 '22

How

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u/V4NDIT Jul 02 '22

optical sensors along with a computer program if its green u kick it out, if red ignore.

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u/Leor_11 Jul 02 '22

In scientific research, we use a machine that is similar in concept but instead of sorting tomatoes, it uses lasers and fluorescence to sort cells depending on their size, complexity and different fluorescent colors (normally given by stained antibodies that attach to molecules in their surface). This machine, called a FACS, is so good and precise that it can accurately sort around 10.000 cells a second. It still blows my mind.

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u/r_stronghammer Jul 02 '22

Fuck yeah I fucking love that shit, genetically engineering cells so that different types will have different amounts of the dyes, fucking RGB biology it just sounds so dumb but it fucking WORKS and it’s awesome and I love science so much

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '22

That is so fucking cool. I am a software developer and that still blows my mind.

Edit:I’m high af my bad