We covered a simple lickometer circuit previously. Another useful interface is a capacitive touch sensor. In contrast to light gate sensors, there are no extra photons floating around that could disturb an…
This is just a quick post to highlight a few Mac OSX programs & tips that you might find useful.
Programs
Default Folder – This is how all save file dialogs should work. Watch the …
The usual color scheme for showing co-localization is to overlay a red image and a green image and have the yellow portions show the sites of co-localization. This is problematic since red-green colorblind people cannot…
It seems like everyone is coming up with new open source PCR machines/thermocyclers. Here’s another project, this time from an outfit called Otyp. What’s unique about this iteration (besides the beautiful prototype…
Jim Pawley upgraded the 39 Steps from a simple MacGuffin to a classic checklist for troubleshooting fluorescent microscopy images. Now 10 years old, it remains very relevant. It covers thirty-nine different parameters…
Shapeways now has a sample pack you can order to help you pick a process and material for your 3D printed object. It’s $30, but comes with a $25 voucher for…
A new paper in PLoS Computation Biology proposes an elegant formalism for describing neuronal morphology. The reason I’m highlighting it on Labrigger is because the authors have simultaneously released a very extensive,…
PVC plumbing pipe is often used for cheap and easy builds such as Faraday cages for electrophysiology rigs. However, the choice of sizes and fitings is rather limited. Enter FORMUFIT. They offer…
LavaAmp is a thermocycler (aka PCR machine) that promises to bring PCR to the masses. The aim is to have it available by 1Q 2011 for about $400. …
In academia, we have some nice benefits when it comes to intellectual property. Just about everything we do qualifies as scholarship, and so we take ample advantage of that portion of fair…
Shapeways is geared towards the arts and crafts crowd, so they don’t offer the professional options a place like Quickparts does. But they do offer very competitive prices. In particular, if you…
The images obtained from a 2-photon laser scanning microscope, or a CCD-based system, consist of an array of pixel values. For…
This is such a simple and powerful trick, I don’t know why I hardly ever see it used. When giving an equation during a talk or in a paper, typically that equation is best understood as a series of terms. Those in your audience who are familiar with the terms, like yourself, will instantly recognize…
Thursday through Saturday this week, there is an Open Science Summit in Berkeley. The schedule includes Josh Perfetto from the OpenPCR group I’ve mentioned before, Martha Bagnell from The Third…
Copyright © 2010-2026 Labrigger
