This Week in Making: Maker Faire Cairo, Crazy Crayons, Casting Tips, and More
This past week we went to Cairo for an amazing Maker Faire, learned what a pulse oximeter was, played with crayons, and more!
Continue ReadingThis past week we went to Cairo for an amazing Maker Faire, learned what a pulse oximeter was, played with crayons, and more!
Continue ReadingThe Foldscope is a disposable paper microscope that uses tiny spherical lenses. And it costs 50 cents.
Continue ReadingSome kind soul donated a bunch of old medical devices to my hackerspace, the Hack Factory — equipment so ancient that there was no way it would ever again be used in a medical setting… And what better place to donate a bunch of sweet junk than a hackerspace?
Continue ReadingMacGyvering nurses and Legos are helping to create MEDIKits for better health care.
Continue ReadingCNN’s The Next List this Sunday, April 1, will profile Jose Gomez-Marquez, who hacks toys to make inexpensive and flexible medical equipment for developing countries.
Continue ReadingOpenYou project hacking with mass-market heart rate monitors and other biosensors can improve medical care in the developing world.
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