Small mechanical structures such as lashes, bridges and strings can be used as sensors with surprising properties. For example, nanometer wide strings can be used as ultra-sensitive mass and temperature sensors, simply by analyzing how the resonance frequency changes. It will be displayed
How the mechanics and optics of a Blu-ray player can be used to decant nanomechanical sensors and to manipulate small amounts of liquid so that an entire analysis can be performed on a simple disc.