From: nathan lachenmyer <scottnla@mit.edu>
Date: Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [diybio-boston] diybio open hardware community?
To: diybio-boston@googlegroups.com
I'm actually looking at building my own modular microscopy system from scratch. Modifying premade microscopes is definitely cheaper, but much less flexible if you want to add filters/optics/etc. for fancy imaging techniques. I'm starting my design by building a research-quality scope first and then figuring out how to minimize the costs to make it more affordable.
My DIY fluorescence microscope probably runs around $2k is my guess -- about an order of magnitude cheaper than competing microscopes by Olympus/Nikon/etc., but still too expensive for individuals.
http://asymptoticdesign.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/diy-scope/
I'm also workign on software to go with it:
http://asymptoticdesign.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/openscope-software-v1-0/
I'm currently working on documenting the fluorescence imaging and adding a confocal microscopy extension to it, and then it's going to be all about how to minimize costs.
nathan
On Sat, 31 Mar 2012, Christopher Saenz wrote:
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Subject: Re: [diybio-boston] diybio open hardware community?
To: diybio-boston@googlegroups.com
I'm actually looking at building my own modular microscopy system from scratch. Modifying premade microscopes is definitely cheaper, but much less flexible if you want to add filters/optics/etc. for fancy imaging techniques. I'm starting my design by building a research-quality scope first and then figuring out how to minimize the costs to make it more affordable.
My DIY fluorescence microscope probably runs around $2k is my guess -- about an order of magnitude cheaper than competing microscopes by Olympus/Nikon/etc., but still too expensive for individuals.
http://asymptoticdesign.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/diy-scope/
I'm also workign on software to go with it:
http://asymptoticdesign.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/openscope-software-v1-0/
I'm currently working on documenting the fluorescence imaging and adding a confocal microscopy extension to it, and then it's going to be all about how to minimize costs.
nathan
On Sat, 31 Mar 2012, Christopher Saenz wrote:
No but let's get on it. I am relatively new to stuff at sprout. I went a couple of times but then got busy finishing my degree. I just graduated and now can dedicate some time to this stuff. I polished up the epi the last time i was there. what were you looking at doing with microscopy?
chris
On Mar 31, 2012, at 12:05 PM, nathan lachenmyer wrote:
Does anyone know of any open hardware communities; especially ones that are diybio oriented? I'd like to find a community to both share and collaborate on open hardware tools for biology, but most of the openhardware communities I can find aren't really science oriented.
I've been working on a few projects (in particular, open source microscopy) and would be interested to find other people to check out/test/etc. my projects with.
Thanks,
Nathan
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