Pancreatitis Diagnosis, On the Cheap
April 26, 2011 in Things We Like
A clever application of enzyme kinetics, sodium hydroxide, and LEDs could enable pancreatitis to be cheaply and easily diagnosed, here.
by Naomi
by Lina
See our initial equipment designs at Maker Faire
April 25, 2011 in Our News
On May 21-22, the world’s largest DIY festival will take place in the Bay Area. We’ll have a Tekla Labs booth (Maker 5297: Build-Your-Own Biology Lab, Phase 1) and will also be checking out all the awesome science, music, art, and tech (etc, etc) projects on display. I am excited to learn about how to build your own 3D printer!
by Bertram
Tekla Labs is now at UCSF
April 25, 2011 in Our News
There is now a student chapter of Tekla Labs also at UC San Francisco (in addition to UC Berkeley). If you are a student at UCSF and want to get involved, send us an email!
by Kevin
Unlocking the voices of paralysis
April 19, 2011 in Things We Like
Also found on the TED pages is this team that used DIY and open-source teamwork to create a pair of glasses that uses eye-tracking to help victims of paralysis speak to the world again. This team just so happened to do it with a former graffiti artist, and now the technology is available to the world.
by Kevin
A Tekla Labs for farm equipment
April 19, 2011 in Things We Like
by Kevin
DIY MAGNETIC MIXERS
March 17, 2011 in Things We Like
A little recent youtubing led me to this DIY video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ13tkgoAHg . There are plenty more like it, too!
Perhaps youtube could be the DIY instructions site with the most freedom and user-generated content. This could be a great first source for many aspiring DIY-ers to explore for inspiration and to see what others have done before you.
And for those who are curious, Tekla Labs has contacted the maker of this video, and a tutorial is in progress. Maybe we’ll have our first 3rd-party set of instructions sooner than we think!
by Lina
Tekla Labs student group at UC Berkeley!
February 23, 2011 in Our News
Are you an undergraduate, graduate student or postdoc at UC Berkeley? Want to get involved building, designing or testing equipment or creating how-to documents? Interested in getting experience translating documents or doing market surveys of potential end users in laboratories worldwide? Send an email to us here at Tekla Labs, or visit the UC Berkeley graduate student group listings page.
by Bertram
Meet us at the AAAS Annual Meeting
February 12, 2011 in Our News
We will be at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The meeting topic is “Science without Borders” and runs February 17-21, 2011.
by Lina
Read about Tekla Labs in Physics Today
February 11, 2011 in Our News
“Facilitating science in developing countries:
Smart people are everywhere, but they need resources to realize their talents”
Facilitating science in developing countries – Physics Today February 2011.
