The current pandemic demonstrated the need for global infrastructure, which could prevent the emergence of infections and localize the outbreaks. The infrastructure requires rapid and accurate diagnostics. TIRF Labs’ team of scientists and engineers has developed such platform technology, called i-Diagnostics, which is well-suited for this purpose. Several research groups are already developing i-
Diagnostics applications. At the present time, TIRF Labs supplies i-Diagnostics application development tools as analytical-grade instruments that are costly. We received several hundred of requests, but only a few groups are currently using them because of the cost. We pledge to make i-Diagnostics an Open Source Platform and the development tools affordable to thousands of research groups, so that numerous independent experts worldwide can develop their applications and naturally create the envisioned infrastructure based on the intelligence of the global network of scientists, medical doctors, and other users. We are creating an independent intelligence unit to coordinate these efforts and inquire The Giving Pledge members, other philanthropists, individual donors, and the general public to support this project and help humanity to mitigate the risks of emergence and outbreaks of diseases. Technologically it is already feasible.
