Re: [DIYbio] Re: Making my own incubator

I'd say release the design open-source

On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Mega <masterstorm123@gmail.com> wrote:
> I soldered the entire board newly, and now it works fine.
>
> Today or tomorrow, I'll be testing it with the heating resistances and an
> empty petri dish.
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> Questions: Do you think, I could sell them? (Of course, it will need a
> testing period prior to selling, to fix bugs and make sure it's safe)
> To make a few bucks profit, I'd need to sell a construction kit for a bit
> more than 20€. Say 25. (I keep looking for cheaper parts, although here they
> are already quite as cheap as possible) . Soldered versions may cost
> additional 10€, but they are 'plug-and-play' things.
>
> Professional incubators cost around (at least, I think) 1000€. On ebay you
> will get one for >50. (I wanted to buy one for 20€ and was the highest
> bidder for the longest time, but in the last seconds, one threw in 85€! and
> there was a fight and it came to ~120€s!)
>
> My incubator has just 1 Watt for heating ( I could produce 2W 'quite' easily
> - and with more expensive relaises, 10W and more.) , but for small volumes,
> that should be enough to provide enough heat if you don't open the incubator
> so that warm air can escape.
> When you pre-heat it with a hair-dryer to working temperature, you can cut
> pre-heating phase to some seconds (vs. many minutes without).
>
> It has to be said that this is only the electronic board for an incubator,
> you need to get a polystyrene box or an insulated cooling box or a big
> coffee cup.
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>
> What do you think?? Would you buy such a thing?
> My motives are that I can help others buy providing them with
> as-cheap-as-possible-incubators, and get some funding for my own biology
> work/research...
> The code is open source, because I like the idea of open source ;)
>
>
> Be honest :D
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