This series provided valuable insights
into the perception of the technology and how due to a complex interplay of the economy of scale in mass
manufacturing, IP issues, lack of standardization, early inflated technological expectations that failed to materialize
and several other crucial factors, the microfluidics industry has yet to flourish to its full potential. He also raises
thought provoking debate as to whether there is such a thing as the ‘killer application’ in microfluidics, a comment
mirrored in an earlier industry focus of microfluidics by Carsten Haber in 2006 [13].