Support the Public Library of Science (P...
Posted by JonathanCline in DIYscience on 12 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Many of us in the DIY realm rely on the open publications of the Public Library of Science at plos.org. You may feel surprised to know that PLoS has web icons which you can display on your own web page!  Check it out, make your science blog or web notebooks “PLoS inside” to raise awareness...
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DNA explorers at NYC high school...
Posted by tito in DIYscience on 12 31st, 2009 | 3 Comments
Great work by 2 DNA explorers — it seems high school students are kicking ass all over the place, first in sushi, now this! Check out this big DNA species identification project, about 200 samples from around the neighborhood and lots of cool findings. Even one that suggests they found a new species...
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DIY Centrifuge using Dremel Tool...
Posted by JonathanCline in This Week in DIYbio, hardware on 12 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Cathal has designed a simple centrifuge using open source hardware technology, and you can order one yourself!  (For use as entertainment purposes only, of course; wouldn’t want anyone to save nearly a thousand dollars by not buying real centrifuge now would we?) Dremelfuge is a rotor designed...
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Do-it-yourself biology on the rise ̵...
Posted by mac in San Francisco DIYbio, press, safety on 12 20th, 2009 | 5 Comments
Do-it-yourself biology on the rise - 20 Dec 2009 - SF Chronicle (pdf) SF Chronicle reporter Juliane Guthrie interviews Tito Jankowski, Phil Ross, Jason Bobe, and Raymond McCauley about the DIYbio projects they are working on. They also interviewed Drew Endy about safety and regulatory concerns.  The...
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webcam microscope hacks at bosslab...
Posted by mac in Boston DIYbio, hardware on 12 13th, 2009 | 9 Comments
Shaunalynn Duffy, Alec Resnick, and David Thompson lean closer as the ucam's image comes into focus. The camera cost $10 and took 5 minutes to hack. We hacked $10 webcams into microscopes, a la Hackteria.org at the bosslab + sprout. Yashas Shetty, Jason Bobe, Rich Pell, Myself, and others are planning...
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U.S. Office of Science and Technology Po...
Posted by JonathanCline in policy on 12 12th, 2009 | No Comments
The U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy, under directives from the President Obama administration, is soliciting public feedback. Note the deadline! (Dec. 10th-20th for this phase) Policy Forum on Public Access to Federally Funded Research: Implementation Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at...
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diybio graphics...
Posted by mac in diybio.org on 12 11th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Last week I hired Micah & Caroline from WeAreaGoodCompany.com to design an extensible diybio logo and related illustrations. I gave them a quick intro to diybio and synthetic biology (see a lot of design notes here) and asked them to create artwork that could be used by diybio.org and built apon...
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Bryan Bishop presents at and reports fro...
Posted by mac in DIYscience, talks on 12 10th, 2009 | No Comments
Here I go. Start off with something like “Bryan got to speak at H+ Summit 2009 and spotted some neat numbers.” Maybe this will end up in GBM or H+ magazine as a small blurb? Bryan Bishop presented at the 2009 H+ Summit onopen source hardware and took copious notes. Here he presents some...
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h+ magazine: diybio movement takes on ag...
Posted by mac in DIYscience, San Francisco DIYbio, diybio, press on 12 9th, 2009 | 4 Comments
hplusmag - winter 2009 - cover "Hi there, Ray" Parijata Mackey wrote an article for the Winter 2009 h+ magazine about diybio titled “diybio: a growing movement takes on aging.” She provides an overview of diy -hardware, -software, and -wetware, and gives shoutouts to some of the...
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diybio-boston meetup at Sprout 22 Nov 09...
Posted by mac in Boston DIYbio, meetings on 12 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
@molecularist blogged about the 22 Nov 09 diybio-boston meetup at sprout and recently posted a great little video of the tour. You can see us setting up Sprout and touring through the mobile lab. Read Charlie’s full post for more info.
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