Open hardware: From DIY trend to global transformation in access to laboratory equipment

T Wenzel - PLoS Biology, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Open hardware solutions are increasingly being chosen by researchers as a strategy to
improve access to technology for cutting-edge biology research. The use of DIY technology …

More than double the fun with two-photon excitation microscopy

P Luu, SE Fraser, F Schneider - Communications Biology, 2024 - nature.com
For generations researchers have been observing the dynamic processes of life through the
lens of a microscope. This has offered tremendous insights into biological phenomena that …

Open microscopy in the life sciences: quo vadis?

J Hohlbein, B Diederich, B Marsikova, EG Reynaud… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Light microscopy enables researchers to observe cellular mechanisms with high spatial and
temporal resolution. However, the increasing complexity of current imaging technologies …

[HTML][HTML] The K2: Open-source simultaneous triple-color TIRF microscope for live-cell and single-molecule imaging

C Niederauer, M Seynen, J Zomerdijk, M Kamp… - HardwareX, 2023 - Elsevier
Imaging the dynamics and interactions of biomolecules at the single-molecule level in live
cells and reconstituted systems has generated unprecedented knowledge about the …

Improving instrument reproducibility with open source hardware

RW Bowman - Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 2023 - nature.com
Laboratory hardware is often custom made or significantly modified. To improve
reproducibility, it is imperative that these novel instruments are properly documented …

Open Science Drone Toolkit: Open source hardware and software for aerial data capture

G Pereyra Irujo, P Bernaldo, L Velázquez, A Pérez… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Despite the increased access to scientific publications and data as a result of open science
initiatives, access to scientific tools remains limited. Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs, or …

Low-cost 3D printed lenses for brightfield and fluorescence microscopy

J Christopher, LM Rooney, M Donnachie… - Biomedical Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We present the fabrication and implementation of low-cost optical quality 3D printed lenses,
and their application as microscope objectives with different prescriptions. The imaging …

EnderScope: a low-cost 3D printer-based scanning microscope for microplastic detection

N Burke, G Müller, V Saggiomo… - Philosophical …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Low-cost and scalable technologies that allow people to measure microplastics in their local
environment could facilitate a greater understanding of the global problem of marine …

[HTML][HTML] Research on railway BIM platform framework based on homemade graphics engine

H Meng, X Yang, L Gao, C Wang - High-speed Railway, 2023 - Elsevier
At present, BIM platforms rely on foreign software. Homemade software and industry
applications are mostly secondary developments, which present stranglehold problems …

Innovating in a bioimaging core through instrument development

S Munck, C De Bo, C Cawthorne… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Developing devices and instrumentation in a bioimaging core facility is an important part of
the innovation mandate inherent in the core facility model but is a complex area due to the …