Publishing date: 2017-08-01
Published on: Appropedia
summary: This study reports on the development of a RepRap upgrade capable of converting a Prusa Mendel RepRap into a wax 3-D printer for paper-based microfluidic applications.
Publishing date: 2017-07-26
Published on: PLOS ONE
summary: An easy to build, affordable open source turbidostat built with 3D printed parts and an Arduino. Additionaly it uses an algorithm based on Kalman filter that can be easily adapted for different uses such as bioreactors, studies of evolution or metabolic changes.
Publishing date: 2017-07-20
Published on: PLOS ONE
summary: None
authors: Ji Woon Yea, Jae Won Park, Sung Kyu Kim, Dong Youn Kim, Jae Gu Kim, Chan Young Seo, Won Hyo Jeong, Man Youl Jeong, Se An Oh
Publishing date: 2017-07-18
Published on: PLOS Biology
summary: The paper describes a €100 portable and neurogenetics lab. Built with off the shelf components and 3D printed parts it is a versatile tool that due to its modular design can be useful in different fields.
Publishing date: 2017-07-12
Published on: PLOS ONE
summary: This interesting paper shows that with $100 it is possible to construct a glove that uses include the ability to detect and translate sign language as well as to control a prosthetic hand.
Publishing date: 2017-07-11
Published on: Optics and Lasers in Engineering
summary: This paper demonstrates a number of different schlieren and shadowgraph setups and image examples based only on a smartphone, its software applications, and some inexpensive accessories.
Publishing date: 2017-07-05
Published on: PLOS ONE
summary: None
authors: Anshuman J. Das, Denise C. Murmann, Kenneth Cohrn, Ramesh Raskar
link to paper: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179264
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Publishing date: 2017-06-29
Published on: PLOS ONE
summary: Knowledge clusters and expert drivers indicate that there is a research focus on tissue engineering including the fabrication of organs, bioinks and new 3D bioprinting systems.
Publishing date: 2017-06-26
Published on: PLOS ONE
summary: None
authors: Yiin-Kuen Fuh, Zheng-Hong Lai, Li-Han Kau, Hung-Jui Huang
link to paper: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179389
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Publishing date: 2017-06-16
Published on: PLOS ONE
summary: A pipetting robot built with off the shelf components and small number of custom parts, it not only makes tedious processes automated, but it can also be used for improvement of experimental designs.