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Crowdsource the Cure for Cancer: One slide at a time.

For their latest and possibly most ambitious crowd-sourcing project Cellslider, Zooniverse has partnered with Cancer Research UK to analyze archival cancer research data. While computers have gotten better at image analysis, the majority of this type af analysis is Read More →

Copenhagen Suborbital tests Tycho Deep Space Capsule/LES

Copenhagen Suborbitals, a DIY spaceflight program held tests of their "Beautiful Betty" (formerly named Tycho Deep Space) capsule and Launch Escape System(LES) this morning(4am EST). The purpose of a Launch Escape System is to propel the capsule away from Read More →

Printable Iphone to Microscope mount

Thingiverse user Boogie has uploaded a pretty cool but simple design for a 3D printable iphone to microscope adapter. According to Boogie you can also use it with your android phone with the help of Read More →

Hackerspaces @ the_beginning (the book)

If you were studying the evolution of hackerspaces the year 2008 would stick out as the "cambrian explosion". It was when the movement grew from being 2 or 3 spaces in europe, to hundreds of hackerspaces around the Read More →

A Quick Look Inside Genspace: a DIYbio Lab

This past week I was invited to NYC along with other members of the DIYbio community to take part in a FBI/DIYbio Workshop. And before I address the issue of "What in the world does the FBI want with Read More →