Ontera is a DNA diagnostic company based in Santa Cruz, CA. They asked us to help them design a device for their nanopore-based DNA testing platform. Unlike traditional methodologies Ontera performs rapid molecular diagnostics closer to the point of need without having to send samples to a distant lab where results can take days and be cost prohibitive. Ontera required a solution that felt portable, protected and user friendly in diverse environments from an agricultural field office to a more formal diagnostics lab.
Other Designers Involved:
Scot Herbst
Will Hunter
