Awhile back we talked about OpenSPIM, which has a great step by step tutorial on how to make a light-sheet microscope. In the same vein there is Open Spin Microscopy, a website with several DIY light sheet microscopy projects including a much simpler optical tomography design. The website can be a little tricky to use, […]
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3D Print a 3D Printer!
Need a 3D printer of your own? Consider the RepRap project, consisting of 3D printers where more than 50% of the parts can be made by 3D printers. It does seem a bit time intensive, but if you can get temporary access to a 3D Printer, it might be worth it to some people to then […]
An Open Source pH Stat
Here’s a paper by Jovana Milanovic ,Predrag Milanovic , Rastislav Kragic, and Mirjana Kostic which describes how to make a pH Stat to set and maintain a pH for under $200 excluding the cost of a pH meter.
Cheap Solutions to Thermocyclers for PCR
You’re going to spend how much on a thermocycler? That’s crazy! Why not get miniPCR, a beautiful PCR kit with some awesome software for just $650 or OpenPCR, a thermocycler kit for just $500. Not cheap enough? Go the full DIY and you can build on for less than $100. Do you just refuse to […]
3D Printable Motorized Correction Collar
I hate correction collars, and tend to avoid using them. But maybe I would make use of them more if I could control the collar setting with Micro-Manager. Check it out. *Post-edit: Just a week after writing this I came upon an experiment where using a collar was the difference between pristine data and no […]