Is it really worth it to automate it?
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Bill Gates’ Graph of the Year
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Infographic by Thomas Porostocky for WIRED.
Of course Labrigger emphatically supports the work of the Gates Foundation. However, we have to disagree with Bill Gates’ choice for Graph of the…
The NSA, Eisenhower, and Research
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A famous speech from 1961 is being quoted in the media recently, and it might be interesting to Labrigger readers that the same speech offered some thoughts about the future relationship between science and…
Book: Open-Source Lab
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Unfortunately, the book itself is not open, but it has a couple of chapters available online.
(Elsevier store)
(via)
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C-SPAN discussion of the NIH
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C-SPAN had a in depth, on air discussion on the role of the NIH, the impact of budget cuts, and the future of the NIH.
Guests included:
Dr. Francis Collins, Director, NIH
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director,…
Custom motorized stereotax from Mark O. West’s lab at Rutgers
Posted in Hardware
They motorized a Kopf manipulator and used CNC software to control it. I like the simple mechanics. Here’s one of the parts used to couple the stepper motors to the manipulator:
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The NIH is being defunded
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Welcome to 13 years ago. Current NIH funding is at about the same level it was in 2000. The doubling has been undone, and we’re now at a level that is far…
Mini-wireless Arduino-compatible LightBlue Cortado
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No wires- even for programming. And the battery can last “up to a year”. If you can wait until May 2014 to get your hands on one, here are the details:
The Arduino-compatible Bluetooth LightBlue…
CRISPR resources from the Zhang Lab at MIT
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Simple magnetic stir plate
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Tekla Labs has DIY plans for lab equipment, such as this battery-operated magnetic stir plate.
The contest they’re sponsoring is probably to flesh this section out beyond the lonely 3 items at present.
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DIY Lab Equipment Contest
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Tekla Labs is sponsoring a contest to design lab equipment. There are already over 100 entries.
