@fishidwardrobe Nooo, I print meaty parts of course. @solarbird

@fishidwardrobe More seriously, I'm pretty sure that would work with gels of the appropriate ionic content. But first, the micron printer mechanism... @solarbird

@solarbird @lispi314 @rebe_gc When you see phrases like "in fact, one wonders why it has not been discovered earlier" and "The results presented above were surprising and unexpected" you know it's a good paper

@solarbird @lispi314 I know what I'll be doing to freak out the kids next Halloween.

@solarbird It seems to work with various electrostatic and capacitive substrates as well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroadhesion @yayroos @lispi314

@solarbird @yayroos @lispi314 I was dealing with oligopolymers (oligos)...specifically DNA/RNA fragments of antibodies.
The concept was that a bunch of die were attached to an adhesive film. The address was set to some number as determined by the antibody. The film was inserted into a witches brew including oligos of that antibody and voltage was applied. It was rinsed. The address was changed to a new antibody representation. Voltage applied. Rinse and repeat until all were filled.
Then, the die were removed from the film and placed in the bottom of microvials filled with still another witches brew.
DNA from the patient of concern is placed in the witches brew and temperature cycling takes place until the right level of PCR is attained.
The chip(s) is then activated and it scans for a bonding to an oligo. The address would tell what disease the subject had.
There's more in depth to what went on. This is a simplified view. But it depended upon this attraction.