Open source and DIY hardware for DNA nanotechnology labs

Open source and DIY hardware for DNA nanotechnology labs.

A set of instruments and specialized equipment is necessary to equip a laboratory to work with DNA. Reducing the barrier to entry for DNA manipulation should enable and encourage new labs to enter the field. We present three examples of open source/DIY technology with significantly reduced costs relative to commercial equipment. This includes a gel scanner, a horizontal PAGE gel mold, and a hom...

Beyond DiY: Open Hardware and Renewable Energy

Onawi is a non-profit organisation promoting open hardware for the development of non-domestic wind energy systems. Open hardware is becoming increasingly popular, as we can see in the recent initiative by Facebook to open up the technology behind their data-centres. However, most open hardware projects are targeted at hobbyists or those looking for custom do-it-yourself alternatives to mass ma...

Ono , a DIY Open Source Platform for Social Robotics

This paper describes the current status of Ono, an open source social robot that can be made using DIY tools and techniques. We believe that low-cost open source social robots provide advantages that current high-end robots do not have: they are well suited for large-scale studies and they are accessible for students and hobbyists. We describe the main parts of the current prototype: the module...

Open Source Hardware

The open source software movement has had an enormous impact on today’s techonology. We see this more and more in recent years. It has aided academic research, it has changed the way many tech companies do business, and it has changed our society. More recently (though not for the first time), the idea of open source hardware has been getting a lot of attention. The purpose of this paper is to ...

Emerging business models for open source hardware