Glass Armonica’s were apparently kind of a pain in the ass. They sounded pretty cool! But would break all the time, potentially spraying shards of glass everywhere, possibly into your fingers. Not many of them survive.
Let’s hope things go better for single molecule DNA sequencing startup Armonica Technologies!
I’ve written about Armonica a couple of times, the first time was 6 years ago! The basic idea proposed at that point was the tortuous nanopore:
Then in 2021 some more information appeared regarding the readout mechanism:
Armonica had received some grant funding, and perhaps some seed investment at this stage. Someone mentioned them on the Discord, so it seems like a good time to catch up!