Those who are familiar with the DIYbio movement will know that such safety concerns have been discussed before and that the general consensus is basically “use common sense” and “know what you are doing”. unless you know what you are doing, what kind of bacteria is safe to work with, and proper safety protocols. Yes, growing bacteria is potentially dangerous. But to answer the second question/statement. In reality this is more of a proof-of-concept design built only to impress myself. I never said i actually would grow bacteria in this thing, more i created it just because i like the “i could” factor. Now, a lot of people out there might say: “why on earth would you want to cultivate bacteria!” and one step further: “why on earth would you make a machine to grow bacteria! Isn’t that dangerous?!” Well, umm. It is also the max temperature listed as being able to germinate squash seeds. This is often the optimal temperature to cultivate bacteria. This last one is the only one i have actually tested, and i was able to see a squash seedling emerge in only one day! All of these potential uses still fall within the category of do-it-yourself biology.Ĭurrently the programming is limited to a pre-set temperature at 37 degrees Celsius. Mainly bacteria, but it could also be used as an egg incubator, or a “hyper germination chamber” for squash seeds!. In the case of DIYbio, in theory it can be used to regulate a temperature to be an incubator. Oh, and my own custom orange plexiglass cover! I’m quite proud of that cover! It’s main design is to regulate specific temperatures. Only modified to the extent that the native electronics have been replaced with an arduino (in this case an old low-cost diavolino), an arduino screw-shield, the native thermistor replaced with my own 10k ntc thermistor, and a 7 segment display from sparkfun electronics. In short this is a modified bread machine. So what is this machine? And what is it for? Well, I’m glad you asked… I will admit that i never truly got into the DIYbio movement, but to say it didn’t leave an impact on me also wouldn’t be truthful. I hereby present: “The Breadman Incubator”… TaDa!
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