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                             <p class="lead">Our second device was born from a need. It was not preconceived, as the first prototype. We needed to solve many experimental inconveniences and many misconceptions that we had when we designed the first prototype.</p>
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                             <p class="lead">We live in an era of global concerns. Hardware should not be isolated from other discussions, as manufacturing, sustainability, functionality and versatility. Although a hollow silver spiral with a fancy shape might work for eating a soup, a spoon could do the job in a more effective way. And this is how engineering becomes elegant.</p>
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                            <p class="lead nomargin">Hardware is not only about automating lab protocols, but creating a piece of technology that is able to make a relevant contribution to the society while representing the idea of development and sustainability.</p>
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                             <p class="lead">We designed a plan such that we can contribute to develop the potentiality of biology into engineering. And it translates into a piece of hardware, the ambassador of what we have called “The internet of BioThings (IoBT)”.</p>
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                             <p class="lead">The environment that motivated the birth of the final prototype was a different one. We would love to consider this device as a mature version of the initial one. We introduced the following improvements: </p>
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                            <p class="lead">Our device is an IoBT node, and it has the following features:</p>
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                                 <li class="nomargin"><p class="lead">Arduino’s M7 diode, which job is to avoid an eventual situation of reverse current, has been removed. This is because of his inability to stand the 4 amperes that go through the system when the 8 motors are at their full capacity..</p></li>
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                                 <li><p class="lead">It can be manufactured and assembled in an affordable way by anyone worldwide, regardless its economic capacity. We do not want anyone to be out of our initiative. Our device can be built, anywhere, by anyone.</p></li>
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                                 <p class="lead nomargin">In its position, we have solder a IRLZ44N transistor, able to stand up to 50 A. To do it, the pins of the source and drain were connected in a similar way as the pins of the diode and the gate pin was connected to the 12V  power supply. A heat sink was also put in the upper side.</p>
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                                <li><p class="lead">A versatile microfluidic workbench permits the user to play with variable sizes of microfluidic chips, enabling the modular disposition of microfluidic chips as well.Two modules might be placed in series or in parallel, as an electronic circuit.</p></li>
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                                <li><p class="lead">A custom-made WIFI module is programmed to upload to the cloud any data related to the experiment. Therefore we grant a real-time backup of any ongoing experiments. </p></li>
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                                <li><p class="lead">A previously existing open source potentiostat software has been adapted and integrated into our device as the module responsible os the whole system of measurement.</p></li>
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                                 <li><p class="lead">Our aptasensor is based on an affordable electrode that has been integrated into our microfluidic chip. Although the electrode is manufactured in Spain, its cost is reduced compared to other proposals.</p></li>
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                                <li><p class="lead">A mockup of an iOS app will show the potentiality of our hardware. We plan to simulate a cloud of nodes, where our device will serve as one of them. The difference is that our node will upload the data that will collect in the iGEM exhibition, while the others will be mere simulations. </p></li>
 
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                            <p class="lead">These features have been carefully integrated into a piece of hardware that we consider that follow our way of conceiving hardware. Hardware should answer many questions besides the technological ones.</p>
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                            <p class="lead">Embracing global concerns, we would love to promote a conception of hardware that will be manifested under the global conception of humanity, development, and responsibility.</p>
 
                              
 
                              
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Latest revision as of 03:53, 18 October 2018

Madrid-OLM

Hardware

Hardware

We live in an era of global concerns. Hardware should not be isolated from other discussions, as manufacturing, sustainability, functionality and versatility. Although a hollow silver spiral with a fancy shape might work for eating a soup, a spoon could do the job in a more effective way. And this is how engineering becomes elegant.

We would love to run fast enough to chase this sort of elegance!

Hardware is not only about automating lab protocols, but creating a piece of technology that is able to make a relevant contribution to the society while representing the idea of development and sustainability.

We designed a plan such that we can contribute to develop the potentiality of biology into engineering. And it translates into a piece of hardware, the ambassador of what we have called “The internet of BioThings (IoBT)”.

Our device is an IoBT node, and it has the following features:

  1. It can be manufactured and assembled in an affordable way by anyone worldwide, regardless its economic capacity. We do not want anyone to be out of our initiative. Our device can be built, anywhere, by anyone.

  2. Micro-volumes of any targeted fluid can be pumped automatically into any microfluidic chip, thanks to our simple electromechanical system.

  3. A user-friendly control software and a PC interface allow the user to program personalized lab protocols.

  4. A versatile microfluidic workbench permits the user to play with variable sizes of microfluidic chips, enabling the modular disposition of microfluidic chips as well.Two modules might be placed in series or in parallel, as an electronic circuit.

  5. A custom-made WIFI module is programmed to upload to the cloud any data related to the experiment. Therefore we grant a real-time backup of any ongoing experiments.

  6. A previously existing open source potentiostat software has been adapted and integrated into our device as the module responsible os the whole system of measurement.

  7. Our aptasensor is based on an affordable electrode that has been integrated into our microfluidic chip. Although the electrode is manufactured in Spain, its cost is reduced compared to other proposals.

  8. A mockup of an iOS app will show the potentiality of our hardware. We plan to simulate a cloud of nodes, where our device will serve as one of them. The difference is that our node will upload the data that will collect in the iGEM exhibition, while the others will be mere simulations.

These features have been carefully integrated into a piece of hardware that we consider that follow our way of conceiving hardware. Hardware should answer many questions besides the technological ones.

Embracing global concerns, we would love to promote a conception of hardware that will be manifested under the global conception of humanity, development, and responsibility.