When I first joined a lab, someone told me the best pipette was the one that had been calibrated most recently. In that spirit, check out these 3D Printed Pipettes called “Biropettes” from open-labware.net. If you’re worried about quality, just calibrate it and check the accuracy. You know, just like you do for a regular […]
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Motion Control for Cameras
The rare macroscopic post: If you need to control the macroscopic motion of a digital camera consider Dynamic Perception. They used to be a DIY forum and in that spirit they still sell individual parts along with full pre-made systems. Better yet a lot of what they do is open-source.
Bitscope – Cost Effective Tiny Oscilloscopes
A PC based oscilloscopes that us a Raspberry Pi? Check out Bitscope. The micro and mini models come with their own software and make you wonder why electronics labs still use oscilloscopes.
Reusing Nucleic Acid Extraction Columns
If you find yourself trying to find cheaper ways to run mini (or other size…) columns, you should know that you can reuse them without fear of contamination! Nagadenahalli Siddappa, Appukuttan Avinash, Mohanram Venkatramanan, and Udaykumar Ranga describe the process of treating the columns with HCl for reuse in this paper. During Treatment by HCl the “regeneration […]
Computer Vision with OpenMV
Looking into machine vision? OpenMV provides the hardware and free software as well. You can buy the whole OpenMV Cam M7 for just $65 or buy individual parts to mix and match and make the device fit your custom needs.