Tekla Labs » Our News http://www.teklalabs.org Enabling science worldwide! Thu, 09 May 2013 00:49:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Tekla Labs at Maker Faire 2013 Bay Area! http://www.teklalabs.org/2013/05/07/1289/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1289 http://www.teklalabs.org/2013/05/07/1289/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 21:05:10 +0000 Mike http://www.teklalabs.org/?p=1289 Come see at Maker Faire 2013!

Attention Makers! Tekla Labs will be presenting at this year’s Bay Area 2013 Maker Faire! Come down to the San Mateo County Events Center on May 18th and 19 to see our on-stage presentation, “DIY Science with Tekla Labs!” and our hands-on exhibit, “The Science of Sticky Flow with Tekla Labs!” Featuring our DIY laminar flow chamber!

]]> http://www.teklalabs.org/2013/05/07/1289/feed/ 0 Tekla Labs at CGIU http://www.teklalabs.org/2013/03/11/tekla-labs-at-cgiu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tekla-labs-at-cgiu http://www.teklalabs.org/2013/03/11/tekla-labs-at-cgiu/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:38:25 +0000 Kate http://www.teklalabs.org/?p=1226 images-3

Tekla Labs will be at the Clinton Global Initiative University meeting coming up on April 5-7th. We’re excited to spend the weekend hearing from the incredible line-up of speakers, developing our commitment to increase access to standard laboratory equipment, and meeting other groups working on global science capacity building. If you are going to be there, let us know!

]]> http://www.teklalabs.org/2013/03/11/tekla-labs-at-cgiu/feed/ 0 Tekla Labs Sneak Preview: New Online ‘DIY Instruction’ Platform http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/11/18/new-online-diy-instruction-platform/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-online-diy-instruction-platform http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/11/18/new-online-diy-instruction-platform/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:52:57 +0000 admin http://www.teklalabs.org/?p=1083 We’re working on a new, easier to use online platform for submitting, improving and simply just building with DIY lab equipment instructions. Check out the new Tekla Labs Guide Repository menu tab or go straight to guides.teklalabs.org.

More to updates to come, but for now, email us to get involved or go ahead and get started with a guide on the awesome new online system!

Thanks,

The Tekla Labs Team

]]> http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/11/18/new-online-diy-instruction-platform/feed/ 0 Overview of Malcolm Watt’s Magnetic Stirrer in ‘Berkeley Engineer’ http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/11/15/overview-of-malcolm-watts-magnetic-stirrer-in-berkeley-engineer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=overview-of-malcolm-watts-magnetic-stirrer-in-berkeley-engineer http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/11/15/overview-of-malcolm-watts-magnetic-stirrer-in-berkeley-engineer/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:59:04 +0000 admin http://www.teklalabs.org/?p=1058 For the design, see the DIY section of teklalabs.org. The blurb below is courtesy of the spring 2012 issue of Berkeley Engineer, a magazine from the College of Engineering at the University of California Berkeley.

bemag ]]> http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/11/15/overview-of-malcolm-watts-magnetic-stirrer-in-berkeley-engineer/feed/ 0 Tekla Labs en Español http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/11/03/tekla-labs-en-espanol/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tekla-labs-en-espanol http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/11/03/tekla-labs-en-espanol/#comments Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:16:22 +0000 admin http://www.teklalabs.org/?p=1054 Tekla Labs coverage in Spanish, from Journal I3, at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Check us out on pg 9 of the August 2012 issue!

Also, one of our team members, Kate, is currently in Chile, so wish her luck on her travels, talks and science adventures!

]]> http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/11/03/tekla-labs-en-espanol/feed/ 0 Tekla Lab presents at the Open Science Summit 2012 http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/10/26/open-science-summit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=open-science-summit http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/10/26/open-science-summit/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:58:34 +0000 admin http://www.teklalabs.org/?p=1041 Tekla Labs member Todd Duncombe recently presented at the 3rd annual Open Science Summit. The conference unites researchers, life science industry professionals, students, patients and other stakeholders to discuss the future of collaborative science and innovation. See the talk, or check out the Tekla Labs presentation slides on Prezi.

Open Hardware and Medical Device Hacking, Part II from Open Science Summit on FORA.tv

]]> http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/10/26/open-science-summit/feed/ 0 Welcome Makers! http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/07/25/welcome-makers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=welcome-makers http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/07/25/welcome-makers/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:38:34 +0000 admin http://www.teklalabs.org/?p=1026 Welcome Readers of Make Magazine!

Look around our webpage and contact us to let us know what you think!
To be in the loop as our next research-grade DIY equipment designs are ready and to hear about DIY competitions and other Tekla Labs news, sign up for our quarterly email updates: just send an email to updates@teklalabs.org.

If you have questions about our designs, send an email to teklalabs@teklalabs.org.

Wondering what Make Magazine is all about? 

Make Magazine, the awesome DIY magazine brought to us by the great folks behind Maker Faire, has hit the news stand with its latest issue: Punk Science! (Single issues and subscriptions are also available from Make’s website, as is lots of free fun DIY content). In the Punk Science issue you will find many other neat DIY science projects and stories, including an overview of DIY Equipment for science research:

Unblenders, Dremelfuges, and Optical Tweezers

Making research-grade equipment from repurposed parts. Page 42.

By Lina Nilsson

]]> http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/07/25/welcome-makers/feed/ 0 Intro to Tekla Labs in UC Berkeley’s California Magazine http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/06/28/intro-to-tekla-labs-in-uc-berkeley-alumni-magazine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=intro-to-tekla-labs-in-uc-berkeley-alumni-magazine http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/06/28/intro-to-tekla-labs-in-uc-berkeley-alumni-magazine/#comments Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:48:20 +0000 admin http://www.teklalabs.org/?p=1016 A small writeup about Tekla Labs in the Berkeley Alumni Association’s California Magazine: Can We Build It? Yes, We Can! Berkeley researchers find low-tech solutions for high-tech equipment.

]]> http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/06/28/intro-to-tekla-labs-in-uc-berkeley-alumni-magazine/feed/ 0 Video of Social Entrepreneurship Symposium up on Vimeo! http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/05/28/video-of-social-entrepreneurship-symposium-up-on-vimeo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=video-of-social-entrepreneurship-symposium-up-on-vimeo http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/05/28/video-of-social-entrepreneurship-symposium-up-on-vimeo/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 01:15:33 +0000 Kate http://www.teklalabs.org/?p=972 For those of you who couldn’t make it to the Tekla Labs Social Entrepreneurship Symposium (or who want to see it again!), you can check out video of all the talks on our Vimeo page.  Special thanks to all of our speakers for sharing their experiences and ideas; we hope you all feel as inspired by them as we do!

Speakers
Evan Steiner, Hub Bay Area
Teju Ravilochan, co-founder of the Unreasonable Institute
Tessa Finlev, Institute For The Future
Dr. Hal Aronson, co-founder of WE CARE Solar
John Danner, Professor in the Haas School of Business
Gautham Venugopalan, President of Future Scientist

]]> http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/05/28/video-of-social-entrepreneurship-symposium-up-on-vimeo/feed/ 0 PrintMYLab Results Announced http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/05/13/printmylab-results-announced/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=printmylab-results-announced http://www.teklalabs.org/2012/05/13/printmylab-results-announced/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 21:04:29 +0000 Kevin http://www.teklalabs.org/?p=970 Tekla Labs is excited to announce the winners of our first-ever design contest, PrintMYLab.  Check out the winning entries here.

We’re working to make all the printable file for the designs available soon, complete with instructions documents for the designs requiring some degree of assembly.  Stay tuned and go Science!

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