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Collecting and growing algae
INTRODUCTIONAlgae are a group of water inhabiting, autotrophic (instead of gathering food, they make it by photosynthesis) group of organisms, ranging from single-celled to larger ones with various...
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Huge donation - big thank you!
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Institute of Biology II at RWTH Aachen University and the Institute of Biomedical Mechatronics at JKU Linz for providing a HUGE donation for our...
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To Linz and back, a maker's tale...
A few weeks back, we received a message, that the Institute of Biology II in Aachen (Boštjan’s old workplace) was clearing their facilities and that we could have some of the equipment if we wished and...
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IR link
IR or infrared communication is a common, inexpensive, and easy to use wireless communication technology. IR light is very similar to visible light, except that it has a slightly longer wavelength....
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Meet us at IN(3D)USTRY Maker pro!
We’re really excited Luka is going to participate at IN(3D)USTRY Maker pro event in Barcelona, from 21st to 23rd June. The event will bring together advanced manufacturing industry leaders with young...
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Attenuation linked to thermal expansion
In the last few months our wireless optical test network KORUZA has been contentiously expanding and thus providing us with suitable environment for testing the performance and reliability of KORUZA...
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GoodEnoughCNC is ready for Barcelona and a new owner!
¡Ya tenemos casi todo listo! - We’re almost ready! All the components for our GoodEnoughCNC hybrid with a mill are packed and on its way to Barcelona. Come meet us at Fab lab Barcelona on Monday, 20th...
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First symbiolab workshop was a success!
Eight students and two mentors from OŠ Duplek (the primary school in Duplek) payed us a visit at symbiolab last week to get a hands-on learning experience about optical microscopy. After a short...
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We developed a turtle tag enclosure and helped saving green sea turtles
Do you remember turtle tag enclosures we worked on in the beginning of this year? In collaboration with Alasdair Davies from Zoological Society of London we developed an open source turtle tag...
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Solar powered GoodEnoughCNC and DIY bioscience at Art kamp, Lent Festival
For this year’s edition of Art kamp at Lent Festival here in Maribor we prepared many interesting projects and activities.We have extended GoodenoughCNC machines to operate on solar power for off-grid...
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GoodEnoughCNC Academy
GoodEnoughCNC academy is a week long program that will empower you to take open hardware out to the field and build fabrication capabilities anywhere around the globe.We invite you to join us and learn...
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KORUZA at CSNDSP 2016 and Invitation for the Workshop
International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing - CSNDSP 2016 where we participated with wireless optical system KORUZA has been a superb event with a number of...
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Call for Candidates: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship
Symbiolab, Institute IRNAS is looking for a post-doctoral candidate (Ph.D. before 14th September 2016) to apply for the MSCA-IF fellowship on the topic of opensource 3D-bioprinter development.3D...
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Join GoodEnoughCNC Academy!
We are announcing GoodEnoughCNC Academy, a week long program of workshops that will empower you to take open hardware out to the field and build fabrication capabilities anywhere around the globe.WHEN?...
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Big thank you to Lek d.d. for their huge donation!
Yesterday our symbiolab was visiting the biopharmaceutical division of Lek d.d. (Sandoz) where we acquired a used analytical scale but were also surprised by an enormous set of other equipment, which...
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Using cheap DIY peristaltic pump for hydraulic extrusion drive
Recently we worked on the development of a cheap, yet accurate enough system for our bioprinter/paste extrusion printer. Our aim is to develop a modular extruder design where extrusion parameters...
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DIY Syringe Adapter
As part of our bioprinting story we developed a simple DIY syringe adapter. The purpose of the development was to make it available in small amounts, as syringe adapters have a low market price...
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KORUZA 10 G testing and design changes
KORUZA 1.0 10 G version enables across-the street connectivity at 10 Gbps rates, however connecting at these rates is somewhat more challenging or typically expensive. We have devised a low-cost setup...
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We invite you to our open day
You’re kindly invited to our Open Day, which we are organizing together with biolab symbiolab and fablab KreatorLab. Join us on Monday, 5th September 2016 at Tkalka (Tkalski prehod 4, 2000 Maribor) and...
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Alchemists of our time at Ars Electronica festival
Till Tuesday Musti and Boštjan are exhibiting our Koruza, GoodEnoughCNC, Symbiolab and Vitaprint bioprinter as well as some other projects from open source community (Safecast, AKER Urban Garden Kits,...
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