Re: [DIYbio] applications for DIY microfluidics

On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 9:43 PM, John Griessen <john@industromatic.com> wrote:
>
> There is going to be a micro 3DP outcome of experimenting with reprap
> machines, CNC routers
> like shopbot or more like reprap, or repurposing of the nice fine scaled
> movements of CD or DVD writers... Microfluidics will become
> cheap-to-make-the-molds,
> and PDMS microfluidics will become a tool for prototyping systems. It's
> even possible
> that glass microfluidics will become DIY cheap via DVD-writer-laser direct
> drawn photo-masks.
> Or maybe some cheapo service selling silicon MEMS wafer master molds in
> syndication will pop up.
>
> I imagine some way around silicon plasma etching will come up easy to
> afford,
> (meaning less expensive than using old chip making fab equip), in the
> dimensions
> that matter to cell biologists -- under 100 micrometers.
>

Alright, that all sounds great but what can it be applied to? What
specific areas can we try to tackle? I know they have been working on
PCR and cell sorting on these chips. What practical uses should we
[DIYbio folks] look into?

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