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Open Source Toolkit: Hardware

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Introducing Open Source Toolkit: Hardware

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October 21, 2015 Andre Maia Chagas, Tom Baden

Open Source Hardware: Policy Discussions

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Creative Commons Meeting debrief and next steps: The Challenge of Attribution, or “View Source,” in 3D Printing
July 15, 2016 Jane Park
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Gathering for Open Science Hardware

Gathering for Open Science Hardware Gathering for Open Science Hardware – GOSH Manifesto
July 25, 2016 Gathering for Open Science Hardware
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Open Source Hardware Association Open-source Hardware Statement of Principles and Definition
July 25, 2016 Open Source Hardware Association

Open Source Toolkit: Hardware

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Marzo et al.

Appl. Phys. Lett. Realization of compact tractor beams using acoustic delay-lines
January 3, 2017 A. Marzoa, A. Ghobrial, L. Cox, M. Caleap, A. Croxford, B. W. Drinkwater
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Ugaz et al.

Anal Chem Lab-on-a-Drone: Toward Pinpoint Deployment of Smartphone-Enabled Nucleic Acid-Based Diagnostics for Mobile Health Care
May 3, 2016 Aashish Priye, Season Wong, Yuanpeng Bi, Miguel Carpio, Jamison Chang, Mauricio Coen, Danielle Cope, Jacob Harris, James Johnson, Alexandra Keller, Richard Lim, Stanley Lu, Alex Millard, Adriano Pangelinan, Neal Patel, Luke Smith, Kamfai Chan, Victor M. Ugaz
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10.1186/s13007-017-0156-8

Plant Methods Application of 3D printing to prototype and develop novel plant tissue culture systems
January 19, 2017 Mukund R. Shukla, Amritpal S. Singh, Kevin Piunno, Praveen K. Saxena, A. Maxwell P. Jones
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10.1371/journal.pone.0167583

PLOS ONE A Modular and Affordable Time-Lapse Imaging and Incubation System Based on 3D-Printed Parts, a Smartphone, and Off-The-Shelf Electronics
December 21, 2016 Rodrigo Hernández Vera, Emil Schwan, Nikos Fatsis-Kavalopoulos, Johan Kreuger
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/093633

bioRxiv Openspritzer: an open hardware pressure ejection system for reliably delivering picolitre volumes
December 13, 2016 Chris J Forman, Hayley Tomes, Buchule Mbobo, Tom Baden, Joseph V Raimondo
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10.1371/journal.pone.0166735

PLOS ONE An Assemblable, Multi-Angle Fluorescence and Ellipsometric Microscope
December 1, 2016 Victoria Nguyen, John Rizzo, Babak Sanii
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10.1371/journal.pone.0158706

PLOS ONE MECs: "Building Blocks" for Creating Biological and Chemical Instruments
July 20, 2016 Douglas A. Hill, Lindsey E. Anderson, Casey J. Hill, Afshin Mostaghim, Victor G. J. Rodgers, William H. Grover
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10.1364/BOE.7.001604

Biomed Opt Express Arduino Due based tool to facilitate in vivo two-photon excitation microscopy
April 1, 2016 Pietro Artoni, Silvia Landi, Sebastian Sulis Sato, Stefano Luin, Gian Michele Ratto
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Karankumar C. Dhankania, Joshua M. Pearce

HardwareX Open Source Laboratory Sample Rotator Mixer and Shaker
October 14, 2016 Karankumar C. Dhankania, Joshua M. Pearce
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Ihab F. Riad

arXiv A DIY Ultrasonic Signal Generator for Sound Experiments
October 4, 2016 Ihab F. Riad
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10.1371/journal.pone.0162602

PLOS ONE LudusScope: Accessible Interactive Smartphone Microscopy for Life-Science Education
October 5, 2016 Honesty Kim, Lukas Cyrill Gerber, Daniel Chiu, Seung Ah Lee, Nate J. Cira, Sherwin Yuyang Xia, Ingmar H. Riedel-Kruse
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10.1371/journal.pone.0161184

PLOS ONE Virtual Reconstruction and Three-Dimensional Printing of Blood Cells as a Tool in Cell Biology Education
August 15, 2016 Ingrid Augusto, Douglas Monteiro, Wendell Girard-Dias, Thaisa Oliveira dos Santos, Simone Letícia Rosa Belmonte, Jairo Pinto de Oliveira, Helder Mauad, Marcos da Silva Pacheco, Dominik Lenz, Athelson Stefanon Bittencourt, Breno Valentim Nogueira, Jorge Roberto Lopes dos Santos, Kildare Miranda, Marco Cesar Cunegundes Guimarães
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10.1371/journal.pone.0160624

PLOS ONE 3D Printed Multimaterial Microfluidic Valve
August 15, 2016 Steven J. Keating, Maria Isabella Gariboldi, William G. Patrick, Sunanda Sharma, David S. Kong, Neri Oxman
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10.1371/journal.pone.0155201

PLOS ONE 3D-Printing for Analytical Ultracentrifugation
August 15, 2016 Abhiksha Desai, Jonathan Krynitsky, Thomas J. Pohida, Huaying Zhao, Peter Schuck
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10.1371/journal.pone.0158502

PLOS ONE Low-Cost 3D Printers Enable High-Quality and Automated Sample Preparation and Molecular Detection
June 30, 2016 Kamfai Chan, Mauricio Coen, Justin Hardick, Charlotte A. Gaydos, Kah-Yat Wong, Clayton Smith, Scott A. Wilson, Siva Praneeth Vayugundla, Season Wong
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10.1038/srep32012

Scientific Reports A fast multispectral light synthesiser based on LEDs and a diffraction grating
August 25, 2016 Gregor Belušič, Marko Ilić, Andrej Meglič & Primož Pirih
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1758-5090/8/2/025017

IOPscience Accessible bioprinting: adaptation of a low-cost 3D-printer for precise cell placement and stem cell differentiation
June 7, 2016 John A Reid, Peter A Mollica, Garett D Johnson, Roy C Ogle, Robert D Bruno and Patrick C Sachs
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Salazar-Serrano et al

arXiv A 3D Printed Toolbox for Opto-Mechanical Components – PDF DOWNLOAD
June 30, 2016 Luis Jose Salazar-Serrano, Juan P. Torres, Alejandra Valencia
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Benjamin Price, Ed Baker

Biodiversity Data Journal NightLife: A cheap, robust, LED based light trap for collecting aquatic insects in remote areas
March 14, 2016 Benjamin Price, Ed Baker
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Abhiksha Desai, Jonathan Krynitsky, Thomas J. Pohida, Huaying Zhao, Peter Schuck

arxiv.org 3D-Printing for Analytical Ultracentrifugation
February 23, 2016 Abhiksha Desai, Jonathan Krynitsky, Thomas J. Pohida, Huaying Zhao, Peter Schuck
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10.1371/journal.pone.0011890

PLOS ONE Portable, Battery-Operated, Low-Cost, Bright Field and Fluorescence Microscope
August 4, 2010 Andrew R. Miller, Gregory L. Davis, Z. Maria Oden, Mohamad Reza Razavi, Abolfazl Fateh, Morteza Ghazanfari, Farid Abdolrahimi, Shahin Poorazar, Fatemeh Sakhaie, Randall J. Olsen, Ahmad Reza Bahrmand, Mark C. Pierce, Edward A. Graviss, Rebecca Richards-Kortum
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Akihiko Ishida et al

RSC Portable Liquid Chromatography – PDF download
October 1, 2012 Akihiko Ishida, Takehiro Fujimoto, Satoshi Yokogawa, Hirofumi Tani, Manabu Tokeshi, Ichiro Yanagisawa
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Sharkey et al

AIP Scientific Instruments A one-piece 3D printed flexure translation stage for open-source microscopy
February 8, 2016 James P. Sharkey, Darryl C. W. Foo, Alexandre Kabla, Jeremy J. Baumberg and Richard W. Bowman
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10.1371/journal.pone.0143636

PLOS ONE DNA Assembly in 3D Printed Fluidics
December 30, 2015 William G. Patrick, Alec A. K. Nielsen, Steven J. Keating, Taylor J. Levy, Che-Wei Wang, Jaime J. Rivera, Octavio Mondragón-Palomino, Peter A. Carr, Christopher A. Voigt, Neri Oxman, David S. Kong
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10.1371/journal.pone.0147399

PLOS ONE Open-Source Selective Laser Sintering (OpenSLS) of Nylon and Biocompatible Polycaprolactone
February 3, 2016 Ian S. Kinstlinger, Andreas Bastian, Samantha J. Paulsen, Daniel H. Hwang, Anderson H. Ta, David R. Yalacki, Tim Schmidt, Jordan S. Miller
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PLOS Biology A Biotic Game Design Project for Integrated Life Science and Engineering Education
March 25, 2015 Nate J. Cira, Alice M. Chung, Aleksandra K. Denisin, Stefano Rensi, Gabriel N. Sanchez, Stephen R. Quake, Ingmar H. Riedel-Kruse
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10.1371/journal.pone.0143547

PLOS ONE Open LED Illuminator: A Simple and Inexpensive LED Illuminator for Fast Multicolor Particle Tracking in Neurons
November 23, 2015 Jens B. Bosse, Nikhila S. Tanneti, Ian B. Hogue, Lynn W. Enquist
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10.1371/journal.pone.0124938

PLOS ONE Multi-Contrast Imaging and Digital Refocusing on a Mobile Microscope with a Domed LED Array
May 13, 2015 Zachary Phillips, Michael D'Ambrosio, Lei Tian, Jared Rulison, Hurshal Patel, Nitin Sadras, Aditya Gande, Neil Switz, Daniel Fletcher, Laura Waller
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10.1371/journal.pone.0124291

PLOS ONE The Accuracy of a Method for Printing Three-Dimensional Spinal Models
April 27, 2015 Ai-Min Wu, Zhen-Xuan Shao, Jian-Shun Wang, Xin-Dong Yang, Wan-Qing Weng, Xiang-Yang Wang, Hua-Zi Xu, Yong-Long Chi, Zhong-Ke Lin
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10.1371/journal.pone.0122915

PLOS ONE Strengthening of 3D Printed Fused Deposition Manufactured Parts Using the Fill Compositing Technique
April 16, 2015 Joseph Belter, Aaron Dollar
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SPIE | Journal of Biomedical Optics Fabricating optical lenses by inkjet printing and heat-assisted in situ curing of polydimethylsiloxane for smartphone microscopy
March 30, 2015 Yu-Lung Sung, Jenn Jeang, Chia-Hsiung Lee, Wei-Chuan Shih
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10.1371/journal.pbio.1002086

PLOS Biology Open Labware: 3-D Printing Your Own Lab Equipment
March 20, 2015 Tom Baden, Andre Maia Chagas, Greg Gage, Timothy Marzullo, Lucia Prieto-Godino, Thomas Euler
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10.1371/journal.pone.0118545

PLOS ONE The Aerodynamic Cost of Head Morphology in Bats: Maybe Not as Bad as It Seems
March 4, 2015 Dieter Vanderelst, Herbert Peremans, Norizham Abdul Razak, Edouard Verstraelen, Greg Dimitriadis
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Frontiers in Neuroengineering A low-cost programmable pulse generator for physiology and behavior | Frontiers in Neuroengineering
December 11, 2014 Joshua I. Sanders and Adam Kepecs
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10.1371/journal.pone.0112166

PLOS ONE The Design and Construction of an Electrohydrodynamic Cartesian Robot for the Preparation of Tissue Engineering Constructs
November 18, 2014 Shaikh Hafeez Hashimdeen, Mark Miodownik, Mohan Edirisinghe
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10.1371/journal.pone.0110746

PLOS ONE A Customized Bolus Produced Using a 3-Dimensional Printer for Radiotherapy
October 22, 2014 Shin-Wook Kim, Hun-Joo Shin, Chul Seung Kay, Seok Hyun Son
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10.1371/journal.pone.0110475

PLOS ONE A High Performance, Cost-Effective, Open-Source Microscope for Scanning Two-Photon Microscopy that Is Modular and Readily Adaptable
October 21, 2014 David Rosenegger, Cam Ha Tran, Jeffery LeDue, Ning Zhou, Grant Gordon
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10.1371/journal.pone.0108097

PLOS ONE The OpenPicoAmp: An Open-Source Planar Lipid Bilayer Amplifier for Hands-On Learning of Neuroscience
September 24, 2014 Vadim Shlyonsky, Freddy Dupuis, David Gall
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10.1371/journal.pone.0107216

PLOS ONE Open-Source Syringe Pump Library
September 17, 2014 Bas Wijnen, Emily Hunt, Gerald Anzalone, Joshua Pearce
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10.1371/journal.pbio.1001882

PLOS Biology The Billion Cell Construct: Will Three-Dimensional Printing Get Us There?
June 17, 2014 Jordan Miller
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10.1371/journal.pone.0096568

PLOS ONE Is Your System Calibrated? MRI Gradient System Calibration for Pre-Clinical, High-Resolution Imaging
May 7, 2014 James O'Callaghan, Jack Wells, Simon Richardson, Holly Holmes, Yichao Yu, Simon Walker-Samuel, Bernard Siow, Mark Lythgoe
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10.1371/journal.pone.0094262

PLOS ONE An Open Source 3-D Printed Modular Micro-Drive System for Acute Neurophysiology
April 15, 2014 Shaun Patel, Kaushik Ghose, Emad Eskandar
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10.1371/journal.pone.0088977

PLOS ONE Openstage: A Low-Cost Motorized Microscope Stage with Sub-Micron Positioning Accuracy
February 26, 2014 Robert Campbell, Robert Eifert, Glenn Turner
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10.1371/journal.pone.0089007

PLOS ONE RIVETS: A Mechanical System for In Vivo and In Vitro Electrophysiology and Imaging
February 14, 2014 Jason Osborne, Joshua Dudman
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10.1371/journal.pone.0082307

PLOS ONE 3D-Printed Microwell Arrays for Ciona Microinjection and Timelapse Imaging
December 6, 2013 Clint Gregory, Michael Veeman
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10.1371/journal.pone.0062906

PLOS ONE The Open Access Malaria Box: A Drug Discovery Catalyst for Neglected Diseases
June 17, 2013 thomas spangenberg, Jeremy Burrows, Paul Kowalczyk, Simon McDonald, Timothy Wells, Paul Willis
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10.1371/journal.pone.0059840

PLOS ONE Open-Source 3D-Printable Optics Equipment
March 27, 2013 Chenlong Zhang, Nicholas Anzalone, Rodrigo Faria, Joshua Pearce
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Frontiers in Neural Circuits Closed-Loop, Multichannel Experimentation Using the Open-Source NeuroRighter Electrophysiology Platform | Frontiers in Neural Circuits
January 18, 2013 Jonathan P. Newman, Riley Zeller-Townson, Ming-Fai Fong, Sharanya Arcot Desai, Robert E. Gross, and Steve M. Potter
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10.1371/journal.pone.0049365

PLOS ONE A Simple, Low-Cost Conductive Composite Material for 3D Printing of Electronic Sensors
November 21, 2012 Simon Leigh, Robert Bradley, Christopher Purssell, Duncan Billson, David Hutchins
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10.1371/journal.pone.0030837

PLOS ONE The SpikerBox: A Low Cost, Open-Source BioAmplifier for Increasing Public Participation in Neuroscience Inquiry
March 21, 2012 Timothy Marzullo, Gregory Gage
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10.1371/journal.pone.0023783

PLOS ONE CheapStat: An Open-Source, “Do-It-Yourself” Potentiostat for Analytical and Educational Applications
September 13, 2011 Aaron Rowe, Andrew Bonham, Ryan White, Michael Zimmer, Ramsin Yadgar, Tony Hobza, James Honea, Ilan Ben-Yaacov, Kevin Plaxco

Open Source Toolkit: Hardware - Web Resources

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maxritter

GitHub DIY-Thermocam
February 10, 2017 maxritter
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Venkes

Instructables Laser Scanning Microscope
February 6, 2017 Venkes
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Universidad Privada Boliviana

Universidad Privada Boliviana Mini-spectrometer 3D printable model
January 1, 2017 Universidad Privada Boliviana
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Peek

Peek Peek Hardware – Vision and Health for Everyone
December 5, 2016 Peek
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DropletKitchen

DropletKitchen DropletKitchen Projects
December 5, 2016 DropletKitchen
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Spencer Axani

arXiv The Desktop Muon Detector: A simple, physics-motivated machine- and electronics-shop project for university students
June 3, 2016 Spencer N. Axani, Janet M. Conrad, Conor Kirby
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Jan Horky

PrusHand PrusaHand
January 1, 2016 Jan Horky
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WaveSupportApparatus

Thingiverse Magnetic stirrer from a 80 mm fan by WaveSupportApparatus – Thingiverse
July 8, 2016 WaveSupportApparatus
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Andreas Betz

Hackaday.io BluBEAM – a scanning laser microscope
January 15, 2016 Andreas Betz
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M. Bindhammer

Hackaday.io Open source expansion cloud chamber
May 26, 2016 M. Bindhammer
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@UCLAMiniscope

miniscope.org UCLA Miniscope
April 13, 2016 Golshani Lab, Silva Lab, Khakh Lab
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Peter Walsh

Hackaday.io Lasercut Optics Bench
April 13, 2016 Peter Walsh
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Ben Goodnow, PRNicovich

GitHub 3D printed microscopy imaging chambers
April 1, 2016 Ben Goodnow, PRNicovich
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John Baichtal

Make Make a Gel Electrophoresis Power Supply
March 21, 2016 John Baichtal
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Louisa A. Stark

Genetic Science Learning Centre Build a Gel Electrophoresis Chamber (PDF download)
March 21, 2016 Louisa A. Stark, Lisa Romero de Mendoza, Rob Wheeler
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jorodeo

Instructables Gel electrophoresis system (mini)
March 21, 2016 jorodeo
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Citizen Science Quarterly

Citizen Science Quarterly How to build a $21 gel box
March 21, 2016 Citizen Science Quarterly
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fl@c@

Hackaday.io ramanPi – Raman Spectrometer • Hackaday.io
March 21, 2016 fl@c@
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PublicLab

Instructables DIY Oil Pollution Testing
March 21, 2016 PublicLab
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Patrick Dear, Mark Bunney, Jr.

BrainMap BrainMap: ECE 4760 Final Project
March 21, 2016 Patrick Dear, Mark Bunney, Jr.
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Warren

Public Lab Public Lab: Desktop Spectrometry Kit 3.0
March 21, 2016 Warren
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Stromlinet Nano

Stromlinet Nano Stromlinet Nano – Nanoscience Made Easy
March 21, 2016 Stromlinet Nano
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OpenAFM

OpenAFM OpenAFM | Developing low-cost open-source science tools for schools.
March 21, 2016 OpenAFM
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Dan Berard

Dan Berard Home-Built STM
March 21, 2016 Dan Berard
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lemonie

Instructables Lego Microtome
March 21, 2016 Lemonie
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Eri Gentry

Make Cheap DIY GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein) Illuminator
March 21, 2016 Eri Gentry
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David Molnar

David Molnar Old microscope + £100 (+ 3D printer) = GFP fluorescent microscope
March 21, 2016 David Molnar
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Parametric Gel Electrophoresis System

Docubricks Parametric Gel Electrophoresis System
March 21, 2016 Tobias Wenzel
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Neil Pearson

Docubricks Ball bearing dispenser
March 21, 2016 Neil Pearson
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Yoshinok

Instructables $10 Smartphone to digital microscope conversion!
March 21, 2016 Yoshinok
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Marc Dusseiller

Hackteria DIY microscopy
March 21, 2016 MArc Dusseiller
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G. Carboni

funsci A Simple DIY Stereoscopic Microscope
January 1, 2006 G. Carboni
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hephesto/phduino

GitHub Open Hardware pH meter
March 17, 2016 hephesto/phduino
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Damien Douxchamps

Damien Douxchamps A tiny and accurate pH-meter: from schematic to calibration
March 17, 2016 Damien Douxchamps
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jpearce

Thingiverse Open-source lab jack
March 17, 2016 jpearce
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Intentional3D

Thingiverse Platform Jack [Fully Assembled, No Supports]
March 17, 2016 Intentional3D
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jdkizer

GitHub OS-Vortex-Mixer: 3D printed vortex mixer (needs motor, bearing, micro switch, tripple throw switch, power supply)
March 17, 2016 jdkizer
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CC 0

GitHub symbiolab/bio-labware
March 17, 2016 bostjanvihar, anjala
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James P. Sharkey, Darryl C. W. Foo, Alexandre Kabla, Jeremy J. Baumberg, Richard W. Bowman

arXiv.org A one-piece 3D printed microscope and flexure translation stage
February 15, 2016 James P. Sharkey, Darryl C. W. Foo, Alexandre Kabla, Jeremy J. Baumberg, Richard W. Bowman
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Photosynq

GitHub Photosynq
February 15, 2016 PhotosynQ Project - Michigan State University's Plant Research Lab
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David Prutchi

Hackaday.io DOLPi – RasPi Polarization Camera
February 15, 2016 David Prutchi
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Pure Engineering

Hackaday.io C12666MA Micro-Spectrometer
February 15, 2016 Pure Engineering
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Cian Kavanagh, Colin Grenning, Nicolas Brouard-Ayres

Civic Laboratory Plastic Eating Device for Rocky Ocean Coasts
February 15, 2016 Cian Kavanagh, Colin Grenning, Nicolas Brouard-Ayres
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Max Liboiron

Civic Laboratory BabyLegs
February 15, 2016 Max Liboiron
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mzsolt

Instructables.com PCB agitator from an old CD ROM
February 15, 2016 mzsolt
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Pelling Lab

pellinglab.net DIY BENCHTOP CD-ROM AGITATOR/SHAKER
February 15, 2016 Pelling Lab
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OSA Projects

Wevolver Ultrascope Explorer
January 13, 2016 OSA Projects
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Tristan Schoony

Wevolver LIFE3D CAPSULE
January 13, 2016 Tristan Schoony
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OpenROV Community

Wevolver OPENROV V2.8 MINI OBSERVATION CLASS ROV
January 13, 2016 OpenROV Community
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openQCM

openQCM Quartz Crystal Microbalance: the first scientific QCM entirely Open Source
January 6, 2016 Raffaele Battaglia, Gianluca Ferrini, Marco Mauro, Glenda Torres Guizado
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BioHack Academy

GitHub BioHack Academy
December 3, 2015 BioHack Academy
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M. Bindhammer

Hackaday.io Low cost and open source bio-engineering kit
December 3, 2015 M. Bindhammer
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M. Bindhammer

Hackaday.io Medical tricorder
December 3, 2015 M. Bindhammer
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Pelling Lab

pellinglab.net DIY CO2 Incubator Bioreactor for Mammalian Cell Culture
December 1, 2015 The Pelling Lab
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OpenPCR OpenPCR
October 27, 2015 OpenPCR
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OpenSPIM

OpenSPIM OpenSPIM Wiki
October 27, 2015 OpenSPIM
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CERN Open Hardware Repository
October 6, 2015 CERN
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Hackteria

Hackteria Hackteria
October 6, 2015 Hackteria
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Open Ephys

Open Ephys Open Ephys
October 6, 2015 Open Ephys
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Hackaday.io Hackaday.io
October 6, 2015 Hackaday
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Peter Jansen

Tricorder project OS CT Scanner
October 6, 2015 Peter Jansen
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peter jansen

Hackaday.io low-field MRI
October 6, 2015 Peter Jansen
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mtu-most colorimeter
March 3, 2015 mtu-most
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Mosat, Stefunko, Kostic, Touquet

mySpectral Opensource Arduino Spectrometer
October 6, 2015 Andrej Mosat, Filip Stefunko, Michal Kostic, Vincent Touquet
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zakqwy

Hackaday.io NeuroBytes
October 6, 2015 zakqwy
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ZAMANLUI

LabFab.cc At last, a DIY programable water bath
December 8, 2013 ZAMANLUI
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TakkTile TakkTile
October 6, 2015 Leif Jentoft, Yaroslav Tenzer et al
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cbonsig open-stent
October 6, 2015 cbonsig
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OpenBionics

OpenBionics OpenBionics | An open-source initiative for low-cost, light-weight, underactuated robot hands and prosthetic devices.
October 6, 2015 Minas Liarokapis, Agisilaos Zisimatos, Christoforos Mavrogiannis, George Kontoudis
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nroom, triplefunny

Hackaday.io Open Syringe Pump
October 6, 2015 naroom, triplefunny
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GaudiLab

GaudiLab Generic Lab Equipement
October 6, 2015 GaudiLab
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The Open Hand Project

Open Hand Project The Open Hand Project
October 6, 2015 Joel Gibbard
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CC 0

Intelligent Autonomous Systems Improving robot manipulation through fingertip perception
January 10, 2012 Alexis Maldonado, Humberto Alvarez Heredia, and Michael Beetz
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Compadre Open Source Physics
October 21, 2015 Open Source Physics
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Cosmic Pi

Cosmic Pi Open Data Formats for Cosmic Rays
August 19, 2015 Hugo Day
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Jen Owen

Thingiverse Talon Hand
January 19, 2014 Peter Binkley, Peregrine Hawthorn, Ivan Owen, Richard Van As, Michael Curry

Collection Curators

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Tom Baden

University of Sussex Tom Baden
December 14, 2016 Baden lab – Systems Neuroscience: Vision and Visual Ecology
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Universität Tübingen/Christoph Jäckle

Universitat Tubingen André Maia Chagas
October 19, 2015 TReND in Africa / OpenNeuroscience

Curators

Tom Baden is PI at the Baden Lab at the University of Sussex. André Maia Chagas is a member of the Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (University of Tübingen). Both Tom and André work with TReND in Africa – Teaching and Research in (Neuro)science for Development

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