The general base line solution to spectrometers is Ocean Optics. While bare bones and well known, it’s by no means cheap and the software is propriatary. Consider the Spectruino, at only half a grand and with open source software. Have you tried the Spectruino? We’d love to know your thoughts. The cheapest solution we know […]
Category: DIY
The Eyewriter
The EyeWriter is a DIY low-cost eye-tracking apparatus + custom software that allows people to draw using only their eyes. Eye tracking solutions generally cost upwards of ten grand, but this is just $200 in parts.
Practically Free von Frey Filaments
Using wood sticks and nylon filaments Marcelo de Sousa, Cleber Ferraresi, Ana de Magalhães, Elisabeth Yoshimura and Michael Hamblin design von Frey Filaments which perform as well as their commercial alternatives. Von Frey filaments are simply columns of various diameters that buckle at different forces that are often used to diagnose an animals response to stimuli. […]
A Simple Microfluidics Rigs with Inexpensive Board Cameras
An anonymous reader emailed us to share a small DIY microfluidic rig equipped with inexpensive board cameras. The chassis is mainly made out of laser-cut acrylic sheets, M6 nuts, and bolts. This GitHub page gives a comprehensive list of components complete with their cost, and instructions on how to assemble them.
Respeaker: Tell Your Lab What To Do
It has always been a personal dream of mine to be able to talk to my lab equipment. I would particularly like voice controlled pipettes. I would say “Pipette, dispense 12.3 microliters please” and it would say “voice command not recognized, purging pipette,” and then I would scream. Ahhh the dream. Now behold the Respeaker […]