3D printed fly holder
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Peter Weir has a nice write up and directions on how to make the fly holder from his recent paper. He has some other useful notes that are worth checking out too: github, blog,…
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Open source pipetting robot – aBioBot
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aBioBot is an open source liquid handling (i.e., pipetting) robot platform with integrated machine vision. The system can deal with multiple tube types, and detect if a tip falls off.
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DIY 1060 nm fiber laser
Open Ephys’ Cyclops LED driver
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We covered Open Ephys back in 2013. They have well-developed devices for extracellular electrophysiology, and have some work on intracellular electrophysiology as well. Check out the Cyclops LED driver too. It continues to be…
Open source head-mounted calcium imaging
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The UCLA Miniscope project is an NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded project to open source head-mounted calcium imaging devices. Their web site is online now. They’ll be releasing all of the information needed for making these devices yourself, including data analysis. They’ll also be…
Phase retrieval
Microscopists are often adapting techniques pioneered for astronomy. Adaptive optics is the example you all probably know. Relatedly, phase retrieval was originally developed for telescopic imaging systems, and was adapted for high NA microscopic imaging systems…
Open source intrinsic imaging
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Leonardo Lupori and Raffaele Mazziotti are two fellows in lab of the excellent Tommaso Pizzorusso. They have developed an intrinsic signal optical imaging rig and are sharing all of the materials. Here’s their web site with…
Coolant lines for lasers
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Many lasers have baseplates with channels through which chilled water is pumped to dissipate heat and stabilize the temperature of the system. I haven’t had much trouble with the chillers and baseplates of Newport/Spectra-Physics systems. However,…
A custom swivel/gimbal for luers
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This from Matt Palmatier:
Drug self-administration labs need swivels and there are plenty of medical devices (rotating luer fittings) that perform this function for pretty cheap. However, suppliers-that-shall-remain-nameless charge quite a bit for simple luer fittings that…
Raspberry Pi mini monitor
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Labrigger has been experimenting with Raspberry Pis. We still find a lot of uses for Arduinos for little jobs around experimental rigs. Their simplicity and predictable performance (no background processes) make them easy to implement and reliable….
Inexpensive IR viewer options
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From Benjamin Judkewitz:
I needed an IR viewer to see a Ti:S beam and was really surprised to find that most viewers still sell for > 1000 € (or $). Visualizing NIR used to be really simple…
Lens designs
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In the talk I gave at the Short Course at SfN 2014, I briefly discussed the process of optical system design. A common strategy is to start with a published design, or at least a…
Embrio for LabVIEW like programming of Arduino hardware
Embrio isn’t completely open. They want to sell $50 licenses. Let’s get that out of the way first. However, it is an interesting alternative for programming Arduino hardware. It’s a visual programming environment, like LabVIEW….
Sound dampening cabinets
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Experiment rooms can get noisy, so Labrigger puts the noisy bits in sound dampening cabinets like these. A separate room could be ideal, but this works too. Just put all the noisy equipment (rackmount portions of Ti:Sapph…
