Open-source laser fabrication lowers costs for cancer research
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 - 10:24
in Physics & Chemistry
In a move that slashes 90 percent of the cost of mass-producing metastatic microtumors and therapeutic microtissues for screening and research, bioengineers have adapted techniques from the open-source 'maker' movement to reprogram a commercial laser cutter to etch up to 50,000 tiny 'microwells' per hour into sheets of silicone.
