Re: [DIYbio] Current examples of DIYbio that I see, what others do people see?

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Nathan McCorkle <nmz787@gmail.com> wrote:
> Examples I see...
> To date most completed projects have focused on lowering the cost of
> laboratory equipment associated with biotechnology.

FYI for those not in the article-rewrite loop: the following is
verbatim from the Talk page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:DIYbio

> An Irish bio-hacker named Cathal Garvey created an adapter that can be
> printed on a MakerBot (or any 3D printer). When attached to a Dremel
> tool it creates a centrifuge capable of performing to the standard of
> many lab standard models. This creation dropped the price of a
> centrifuge from thousands to a few dollars and made the technology
> much more widely available. (http://diybio.org/2010/03/21/906/) Josh
> Perfetto and Tito Jankowski created openPCR, a thermocycler device
> that heats and cools micro centrifuge tubes filled with PCR reaction
> mix to amplify DNA. This unit too compares with comparable commercial
> devices selling for more than 5 times the
> price.(http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/12/reviews_pcr/) SpikerBox is
> an amplifier kit for listening to the action potentials generated by
> neurons.(http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0030837)
> The Pearl Biotech gel electrophoresis box is another example of a key
> biotech lab item that's open-source.
> (http://singularityhub.com/2009/10/29/open-hardware-for-molecular-biology-experiments/)

I strongly suggest to anyone interested in contributing example that
they take the issue up on the talk page of the article. It's really
pretty easy. You don't need an account, though that helps.

I'll add the following from Nathan to that talk page:

> Cory Tobin of LA BioHackers experimented and produced a plasmid
> mini-prep extraction protocol using centrifugal ion chromatography
> with silica columns and common household
> ingredients.(http://wiki.biohackers.la/Miniprep)

Regards,
Michael Turner
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