Starting today, LabCrafter is selling the Mothbox, an open-source insect monitor, as a kit in the UK and EU. It's a light trap that runs unattended, photographing every moth that lands on it so you ca...

Polylactic acid (PLA) is the most common extrusion-based distributed 3-D printing material. Unfortunately, large amounts of PLA are wasted from failed prints, support materials, material changes for m...

Recently we ran our first FreeCAD Community Design competition. Our idea was to challenge people to use FreeCAD to design something useful for another open source community. We chose the theme of O…

The EnviroDIY Mayfly data logger is an open-source, Arduino-compatible data logging board designed by the Stroud Water Research Center.

From Cat 3 biohazard labs in South Africa to parasitology in Brazil, an adapted OpenFlexure Microscope is proving that capturing dynamic cellular processes doesn't have to break the bank.

The FreeCAD Project Association (FPA) are really pleased to share our first community design competition. We really want to see how people are using FreeCAD and thought a competition might be the w…

Insects represent the most diverse group of organisms on Earth and comprise the majority of known species; yet they are seldom accounted for in large-scale biodiversity monitoring systems and cons...

The FreeCAD Project Association (FPA) are really pleased to share our first community design competition. We really want to see how people are using FreeCAD and thought a competition might be the w…

The OpenFlexure microscope (OFM) has already been established as a technology of the future being featured in the "WHO compendium of innovative health technologies for low-resource settings" (page 69)...

We’re delighted to share that, since our last newsletter, we celebrated our 1st anniversary! We want to send a huge thank you for your support - we are grateful for every single order received over th...

Run automated bioreactor experiments on your desk with Pioreactor, designed for use with any model of Raspberry Pi.

The OpenFlexure project is an open-source initiative focused on development of 3D printed, laboratory-grade digital microscopes and positioning stages, making high-quality microscopy accessible to all...

I have been cranking during the limbo period between years to get you a lot of cool new improvements and refinements for the Mothbox! I am very excited about these updates because they make a LOT of t...

Information and resources for new Open Science Shop vendors

YouTube video by Digital Naturalism Laboratories (Andrew Quitmeyer)

Since starting our open science hardware company, LabCrafter, last year, I’ve been reflecting on the current state of open-source hardwar...

YouTube video by The Open Source Hardware Association

At the beginning of September last year, my wife and I co-founded a new open science hardware company - LabCrafter - in Wales. We started by offering open science tools to folks in the UK, and recentl...

The Pioreactor is an accessible and affordable bioreactor - ideal for teaching biology & biotech to students, scaling up a lab, and more. The Pioreactor can grow and experiment with yeast, algae, and ...

Open tools for open science

This compact (17x12mm) step-up converter provides a reliable 5V output with true shutdown, perfect for battery-powered applications like environmental monitoring. If you're using a 3.7V Li-Ion battery but need 5V to power your air quality sensor, this converter is an ideal solution. Unlike most boost converters that on