Open Labware: 3-D Printing Your Own Lab Equipment

Overview

Journal PLoS Biol

Specialty Biology

Date 2015 Mar 21

PMID 25794301

Citations 106

Authors

Tom Baden

Andre Maia Chagas

Gregory J Gage

Greg Gage

Timothy C Marzullo

Timothy Marzullo

Lucia L Prieto-Godino

Thomas Euler

Affiliations

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Abstract

The introduction of affordable, consumer-oriented 3-D printers is a milestone in the current "maker movement," which has been heralded as the next industrial revolution. Combined with free and open sharing of detailed design blueprints and accessible development tools, rapid prototypes of complex products can now be assembled in one's own garage--a game-changer reminiscent of the early days of personal computing. At the same time, 3-D printing has also allowed the scientific and engineering community to build the "little things" that help a lab get up and running much faster and easier than ever before.

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