Re: [DIYbio] Re: Now is the time of DIYbio/biotech Kickstarters?

Smart Dart looks a bit like bullshit. They never even say what the
device actually does, they also do not explain how isothermal dna
amplification works, and that it's different (and more expensive) from
usual PCR. Since it does not require cycling, does it mean that the
device is just a vastly overpriced thermal block with Android control?
In this case, it sounds more like borderline fraud.

Open Trons looks really cool though, considering it's got reasonable
precision and they actually make the hardware open - I'd love to use
it for tedious stuff like serial dilutions.


On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 2:34 AM, Kevin Chen <bkevinchen@gmail.com> wrote:
> 4/5 funded! Go Opentrons!
>
> Opentrons: ~50k/100k
> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/932664050/opentrons-open-source-rapid-prototyping-for-biolog
>
> miniPCR: Funded,~60k/20k
> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/minipcr/minipcr-a-dna-discovery-system-for-everyone
>
> OpenQPCR: Funded ~122k/50k
> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaibio/open-qpcr-dna-diagnostics-for-everyone
>
> Biodidact DNA barcoding project: Funded 1577/1500
> https://www.mainstreetcrowd.com/projects/DNA-barcoding-project/
>
> Smart-Dart: Funded ~22k/20k
> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/smart-dart-platform-dna-amplification-for-all
>
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Will Canine <willcanine@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Dakota! :)
>>
>> Emphatically YES to your the tube/plate manipulation and cooling/heating,
>> in multiple ways.
>>
>> First, we are working hard to make it easy to incorporate other open
>> hardware automation modules into OpenTrons jobs. Basically, if you make a
>> tool (anything, microscope, plate hotel, whatever you want) and incorporate
>> USB or BLE communication + create a tool profile on Mix.Bio, people can
>> easily add it to their automated workflow. We are really excited to work
>> with all our Kickstarter backers/early adopters to build this out in a way
>> that works for their development on the platform.
>>
>> Second, we already have prototypes of a tube gripper, plate arm (we are
>> working with the uArm team in Shenzhen), temperature controlled racks, and a
>> centrifuge. We will be releasing these first four modules in Summer 2015.
>>
>> Excited to work with you all! :)
>>
>> Will
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Friday, November 7, 2014 1:22:05 PM UTC-8, Dakota wrote:
>>>
>>> But in all honesty I'm very happy for the people who are getting funded
>>> to make these cool new machines, it's the start of something awesome.
>>> OpenTrons looks pretty sweet to me now and has grown on me after I keep
>>> re-watching the video.
>>>
>>> In the future do you think it'll be able to pick up tubes / plates and
>>> move them around? Or have cooled/heated racks?
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Koeng <koen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 350 for a single well pcr machine...
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, November 7, 2014 12:32:11 PM UTC-8, Dakota wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> good reads, I like the single well DNA Dart because #$%@ controls
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Will Sutton <wsut...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and this one:
>>>>>> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/smart-dart-platform-dna-amplification-for-all
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 1:20:38 AM UTC-5, Kevin Chen wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 'Tis the season?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/932664050/opentrons-open-source-rapid-prototyping-for-biolog
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/minipcr/minipcr-a-dna-discovery-system-for-everyone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaibio/open-qpcr-dna-diagnostics-for-everyone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any others?
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