Interested in exploring how precisely the craft robo can ‘titrate’, I took it apart more. Specifically, I’m interested in if when you tell the craft robo to print a number of a dots in a row, if it always hits the paper with same force and to the same depth. An interesting thing to see in the craft robo is how it applies the pressure … Continue reading Deeper inside the Craft Robo
There’s a neat, short paper called ‘Rapid Prototyping of Paper-Based Microfluidics’ that says if you want to create hydrophobic barriers in porous paper cheaply and easily, you can do it with crayons (which they tactfully call ‘wax pens’). Porous paper, like filter paper, if often used in microfluidics to wick fluid from one place to another; it can also be used to filter out particulates … Continue reading Hydrophobic barriers and casting crayons
Part of my bioprinter project is comparing the printing I can do using my craft robo contraption with the printing done using a modified inkjet printer. Several papers are published on using modified inkjet printers, so it’s a good standard. Following the instructions published in JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) I went out to buy the oldest, shittiest printer I could, because they are less … Continue reading Taking Apart an Inkjet Printer and Cartridge
The main project I’m working on this summer is hacking a CraftRobo cutter to be used as a deposition tool for creating diagnostic tests. The idea is to put cheap, robust, open-ended tools in rural clinics and hospitals to empower them to create the devices and tests they most need without having to rely on multinational corporations deciding the kind of tests they need. Multinational … Continue reading Taking Apart a CraftRobo
Like Math, But Louder 