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Open Labware: 3-D Printing Your Own Lab Equipment

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  • Tom Baden
  • Andre Maia Chagas
  • Greg Gage
  • Timothy Marzullo
  • Lucia L Prieto-Godino
  • Thomas Euler

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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.Free-and-open online designs for self-built, sophisticated lab equipment provide access to teaching and research tools for an increasingly broad audience worldwide.

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  • Tom Baden & Andre Maia Chagas & Greg Gage & Timothy Marzullo & Lucia L Prieto-Godino & Thomas Euler, 2015. "Open Labware: 3-D Printing Your Own Lab Equipment," PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(3), pages 1-12, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pbio00:1002086
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002086
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