DIYBio

There is an RSI article about using an old hard drive as a laser shutter. Unfortunately/fortunately I didn't know about it when I built this one. Well, at least the design is now in the public domain. - Andy Maloney from Bookmarklet

We're using several of these in our lab, too, using the instructions in the same paper you're citing. These things are really great! - Björn Brembs

cool tools for your 23andMe data - Jason Bobe from Bookmarklet

"Personal genome information application: view the specific genes and SNPs (location of potential genetic mutations or "typos") that research has linked to different conditions. Three views are available: health condition risk (Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, cancers, etc.), drug response for over 200 drugs (statins, warfarin, clopidogrel, viagra, caffeine, alcohol, etc.), and athletic performance (endurance, strength, recovery, tendon strength, etc.). Bonus: upload your 23andMe personal genome data to check your specific profile for the different conditions. (Email your 23andMe zip file to the mobile; click on the attachment in email or in downloads manager and an option to import it into DIYgenomics will appear. Delete private data later if desired from the DIYgenomics app menu.) Developers: v 3.0 Michael Kolb, Melanie Swan; v 1.0 Michael Kolb, Lawrence S. Wong, Melanie Swan. The software is open-source: https://github.com/lablogg... DIYgenomics is a non-profit... more... - Mike Chelen from Bookmarklet

"Scientists Create Real-Life Pac-Man Using Microorganisms Scientists have remade Pac-Man using paramecia—microorganisms that you can control with a real joystick while a digital microscope relays images to a computer screen. They call it "Pac-Mecium" and it is not the only game they are playing. The user control the paramecium by just moving the joystick, which is connected to a controller that "controls the polarity of a mild electrical field applied across the fluid chamber, which influences the direction the paramecia move." I wonder how they make Pac-Mecium turn into super-Pac-Mecium. And who is chasing the poor Pac-Mecium, anyway? Evil amoebas? I sure hope so. The biotic game was created by a team lead by Stanford University Bioengineering professor Ingmar Riedel-Kruse, who thinks his games will increase awareness on these organisms and how science is going to affect the behavior of animals, human included. They also created versions of other classic games, like "POND PONG", "Ciliaball" and "Biotic Pinball." In the latter one, the paramecia are in charge of rolling the ball around the board." - Jason Bobe from Bookmarklet

Apparently this post is quite popular. I never would have dreamed it but I've gotten over 700 views in one day. I'm flabbergasted since I thought I did a horrible job with it due to what I feel was a lack of pictures in the Instructable. - Andy Maloney from iPhone

It's also apparent that this site may be a great place for people to post materials and methods sections to a community that will be receptive to it. - Andy Maloney

"Toward a Sustainable Monitoring Network for Biologically Active Compounds It is becoming more and more apparent that minute concentrations of biologically active compounds elicit adverse impacts on environmental and human health. Chemical and biological monitoring of these compounds and their effects is expensive and requires a sophisticated expertise in the resource managers. At the same time, there is a wealth of information suggesting that these compounds are widespread and that small-scale scientists and citizen scientists are concerned about these compounds on a local level. Clearly, the dissemination of expensive and highly sophisticated biomonitoring systems to small-scale and citizen scientists is not a sustainable (or even advisible) solution to this burgeoning problem. We therefore propose that an integrated feedback system be developed so that technological advancements can flow from large-scale to small-scale and citizen scientists, while locally generated data can return from these scientists back to university and government laboratories." - Jason Bobe from Bookmarklet

Cheap and easy. - Andy Maloney from Bookmarklet

Another preview of the future of (mainstream) science, imo. Historians and sociologists and philosophers of science, please note and give due credit to such concrete-action early adopters. - Bill Hooker

You kick a ton of ass, Andy! - Steve Koch

Cool, Dude -- will be referring my thesis students to this, especially since I am using a class wiki for some of their work in a pseudo-ONS fashion. In fact, just sent them the link:-). Will also be a good case study for the relationship b/w science and writing which they are discovering is not such a one-to-one kind of thing. - Mickey Schafer

Looks like it's going to work really well and possibly amenable to filling with helium. Great work Ant and Pranav! - Steve Koch from Bookmarklet

"iphone 4 screen magnified by PS3eye w/ inverted lens 3088 x 2312 uM = 3.088 x 2.312 mm 640 x 480 pixels 326 ppi 4.25 x 3.18 cm 4.25 cm / .03088 cm = 137.63 3.18 cm / .02312 cm = 137.63" - Mackenzie Cowell from Bookmarklet

Coverage of the Open Science Summit 2010 - Jason Bobe from Bookmarklet

You rock - Steve Koch

Oh, the bag was to try to slow down the drying out of the slides. There were live cells in there. - Mr. Gunn

"Backyard Brains offers a series of exciting and affordable entry‐level Brain Recording Kits that provide the ability for a new user population to learn about the brain! For the first time ever, school children and amateur scientists will have access to similar tools used by neuroscience worldwide to study Electrophysiology: the electrical activity of neurons. By following a few simple steps, everyone can experience how the brain is able to communicate our senses, memories, hopes, and desires!" - Mike Chelen from Bookmarklet

"The purpose of OpenChemistry is to make chemistry learning content free, open and available to the world with the aim of creating a community of educators, students and lifetime learners who are interested in producing and consuming original content in chemistry All work by openchemistry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License, which means that you are free to use and modify it for any purpose. All we ask is that you include a link back to openchemistry in your credits." - Mackenzie Cowell from Bookmarklet

Although there seems to be a spam entry on Tue first page that has been there since August... - Cameron Neylon from Android

looks like my lectures are still there :) http://openchemistry.co.uk/... - Jean-Claude Bradley

"Standard Virtual Biological Parts: A Repository of Modular Modeling Components for Synthetic Biology." - Mackenzie Cowell from Bookmarklet

Branching Morphogenesis explores fundamental processes in living systems and their potential application in architecture. The project investigates part-to-whole relationships revealed during the generation of branched structures formed in real-time by interacting lung endothelial cells placed within a 3D matrix environment. The installation materializes five slices in time that capture the force network exerted by interacting vascular cells upon their matrix environment. The time lapses manifest as five vertical, interconnected layers made from over 75,000 cable zip ties. Gallery visitors are invited to walk around and in-between the layers, and immerse themselves within an organic and newly created "Datascape" fusing dynamic cellular change with the body and human occupation, all through the constraints of a ready-made. - Mackenzie Cowell from Bookmarklet

nice overview of microscope optics, always loved how physics can be applied to other scientific fields such as biology - Mike Chelen

Download free courses & lectures from some of the world’s leading universities, including Stanford, Yale, Berkeley, MIT, Oxford, Harvard and others. - Mackenzie Cowell from Bookmarklet

MIT OCW seems to cover a wide range of subjects, and with reasonable depth - Mike Chelen