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DIY hybrid SSVEP-P300 LED stimuli for BCI platform using EMOTIV EEG headset

Publishing date: 2020-06-15 Published on: HardwareX summary: None authors: Sure jMouli, Ramaswamy Palaniappan link to paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2020.e00113 Icons made by catkuro from www.flaticon.com

FishCam: A low-cost open source autonomous camera for aquatic research

Publishing date: 2020-06-15 Published on: HardwareX summary: In this work, Mouy et al describe the “FishCam”, a low-cost (500 USD) autonomous camera package to record videos and images underwater. The system is composed of easily accessible components and can be programmed to turn ON and OFF on customizable schedules.

µPump: An open-source pressure pump for precision fluid handling in microfluidics

Publishing date: 2020-02-07 Published on: HardwareX summary: None authors: Run Ze Gao, Marie Hébert, Jan Huissoon, Carolyn L.Ren link to paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067220300043 Icons made by catkuro from www.flaticon.com

Sample treatment platform for automated integration of microextraction techniques and liquid chromatography analysis

Publishing date: 2019-03-28 Published on: HardwareX summary: Sample preparation performance influences the quality of every chemical analysis. Since it is the most labor-intensive stage in the nearly all-analytical protocols, sample preparation automation would be desirable, to increase the analytical throughput, maintaining precision and accuracy, while preventing risks of human exposure to chemical or biological agents.

Approaches to Open Source 3-D Printable Probe Positioners and Micromanipulators for Probe Stations

Publishing date: 2018-10-01 Published on: HardwareX summary: This review of micromanipulator designs from Iiro Hietanen et al puts three open source alternatives through their paces with rigorous experimental testing, and explains the trade-off and decisions in weighing up cost and precision.

A programmable optical stimulator for the Drosophila eye

Publishing date: 2017-10-01 Published on: HardwareX summary: A programmable optical stimulator for Drosophila eyes is presented. The target application of the stimulator is to induce retinal degeneration in fly photoreceptor cells by exposing them to light in a controlled manner.

Open-source automated external defibrillator

Publishing date: 2017-10-01 Published on: HardwareX summary: The Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is a medical device that analyzes a patient’s electrocardiogram in order to establish whether he/she is suffering from the fatal condition of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA), and subsequently allows the release of a therapeutic dose of electrical energy (i.

An efficient and cost effective FPGA based implementation of the Viola-Jones face detection algorithm

Publishing date: 2017-03-25 Published on: HardwareX summary: None authors: Peter Irgens, Curtis Bader, Theresa Lé, Devansh Saxena, Cristinel Ababei link to paper: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2017.03.002 Icons made by catkuro from www.flaticon.com

A time-sorting pitfall trap and temperature datalogger for the sampling of surface-active arthropods

Publishing date: 2017-02-16 Published on: HardwareX summary: Editors note: This paper describes a nifty and high-throughput way to collect bugs in the field while continuously monitoring the temperature as well as the time when each animal fell into each trap.

Open Source Laboratory Sample Rotator Mixer and Shaker

Publishing date: 2016-10-14 Published on: HardwareX summary: None authors: Karankumar C. Dhankania, Joshua M. Pearce link to paper: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067216300049 Icons made by catkuro from www.flaticon.com