Joshua Pearce is not one for understatement. "This is the beginning of a true revolution in the sciences," says the author of "Open-Source Lab." For cash-strapped researchers, he could be right. His ...
Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys select our favorite hardware hacks of the past week. This episode is packed with DIY lab instruments, including a laser microscope, a Raspberry Pi ...
A lot of scientific software is freeware or free/open source software (FOSS). That’s appropriate: just as the process of science should be open to enhance reproducibility, its tools should be as ...
From left to right: SoundBio co-founders Michal Galdzicki, Zach Mueller, and Regina Wu, with SoundBio founding member Wakanene Kamau. (SoundBio Photo) Despite a vibrant maker culture, and one of the ...
In my last post I claimed that you can do biology, even synthetic biology, at home. But the kicker is that it's an expensive hobby. Outfitting a commercial or academic lab is incredibly expensive, ...
WTF?! Building semiconductors usually requires billion-dollar fabs, stadium-sized cleanrooms, and equipment that costs more than most homes. But that didn't stop one YouTube channel from attempting ...
Remember how cool science was when you were a kid? Katriona Guthrie-Honea is hoping to rekindle that thrill for people of all ages with Seattle’s first do-it-yourself biotech lab. HiveBio, which ...