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" I sometimes suspect that we're seeing something in the Internet as significant as the birth of cities. It's really something new, it's a new kind of civilization."
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The idea of a pregnancy test is old; human beings have been wishing for something like this since the ancient Egyptians watered bags of wheat with the urine of a possibly pregnant woman (germination indicated pregnancy).
However, it wasn't until the 1970's that the discovery of monoclonal antibodies lead to cheap, disposable immunoassay strips used in home pregnancy tests.
In the story, the remarkable capabilities of the "new West German kind" are also touted:
"Not with the new West German kind," Pete said. "I read about it. It records an impregnation only an hour old."
As far as I know, the earliest results are within about ten days after conception.
Pretty good prediction by PKD; I don't recall hearing about this from an earlier source. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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