Along same lines I've often wondered about a microwave-powered stirbar. As in, magnetic strip/plate under flask, magic bar in flask absorbs microwaves and self-propels. Would be great for keeping temperature even in drinks, let alone flasks of broth..
jarlemag <jarle.pahr@gmail.com> wrote:
Great link! Regarding "Beer machine", there is this: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/13/05/16/1727256/linux-is-an-obvious-choice-for-automating-the-beer-brewing-process-video
- JP
kl. 18:00:25 UTC+2 lørdag 6. juli 2013 skrev Jonathan Cline følgende:
See the Dunham Lab Chemostat manual for the ultimate bio machine.
http://www.google.com/search?q=dunham+lab+chemostat
I've suggested building a continuous flow culturing system for the local biohacker lab though have mostly received "what for?" so far since the experiments planned are one-offs not continuous or evolution. Also search back in the archives for the controller board I proposed which I called "the sensomatic". These aren't exactly "desktop culturing machine" though they are the start.
BTW there are a couple low cost desktop culturing machines already sold mass market for $50-$200 range, maybe we can list them all?
- bread maker.. = yeast
- yogurt maker.. = yeast
- diy beer kit = yeast ; though I haven't seen a "machine" just a manual kit which requires a lot of human labor so far. Does a "beer machine" exist?
- aquarium automated dosing setups = algae ; though again not a complete machine as needed here, could add specific sensors and pumps.
Also I think it'd be fun/interesting to take a cheap/discarded bread maker and replace the control panel to add more bio culturing functionality. At a minimum they would make great tabletop incubators for single-flask operations - replace the mixer bar with a magnetic stir bar.
The ultimate in automated culturing would be a tiny wireless sensor module which could be dropped into a flask, which is also autoclavable, and reports OD, pH, temperature, and CO2 or other gas. It's a big engineering challenge on multiple fronts.
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On Wednesday, July 3, 2013 9:11:19 PM UTC-7, Nathaniel Chen wrote:I have always wondered if a desktop cell culturing machine would be feasible or useful for DIY biologists. I think it would be interesting to simplify some aspects of a wet lab into a black box sort of device.Has anyone else considered this / would anyone have a use for such a device?
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