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<h3><b>Open-Source Hardware and Community Improvement</b></h3> | <h3><b>Open-Source Hardware and Community Improvement</b></h3> | ||
<p>Based on research carried out as part of our <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:Cambridge-JIC/Practices" class="blue">Human Practices</a> project, it was decided that the most appropriate license for OpenScope’s documentation would be a Copyleft license. In using a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, OpenScope’s designs have been made available to the community with the assurance that they, along with any derivative work, will remain accessible into the future. Importantly, this gives the community of ‘makers’ the freedom to modify, improve and re-distribute our designs.</p><br> | <p>Based on research carried out as part of our <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:Cambridge-JIC/Practices" class="blue">Human Practices</a> project, it was decided that the most appropriate license for OpenScope’s documentation would be a Copyleft license. In using a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, OpenScope’s designs have been made available to the community with the assurance that they, along with any derivative work, will remain accessible into the future. Importantly, this gives the community of ‘makers’ the freedom to modify, improve and re-distribute our designs.</p><br> | ||
− | <p>As such, OpenScope has the potential to evolve over time and even diversify into different projects. Scientists and enthusiasts alike will be able to tailor both the hardware and software to their specific needs as a whole or independently. Essentially, the OpenScope project can continue long after the iGEM competition has finished.</p> | + | <p>As such, OpenScope has the potential to evolve over time and even diversify into different projects. Scientists and enthusiasts alike will be able to tailor both the hardware and software to their specific needs as a whole or independently. Essentially, the OpenScope project can continue long after the iGEM competition has finished.</p><br> |
<h3><b>Desktop CNC integration</b></h3> | <h3><b>Desktop CNC integration</b></h3> | ||
<p>When considering <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:Cambridge-JIC/Stretch_Goals" class="blue">Stretch Goals</a> for our project, it was recognised that removing the chassis and replacing it with the headpiece of a desktop CNC machine could provide a sample screening system. This was tested in the lab, using the Raspberry Pi camera for macro imaging. As a proof of principle, this demonstrated that because of its modular and digital nature, the potential for developing the OpenScope project in different directions is huge.</p><br> | <p>When considering <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:Cambridge-JIC/Stretch_Goals" class="blue">Stretch Goals</a> for our project, it was recognised that removing the chassis and replacing it with the headpiece of a desktop CNC machine could provide a sample screening system. This was tested in the lab, using the Raspberry Pi camera for macro imaging. As a proof of principle, this demonstrated that because of its modular and digital nature, the potential for developing the OpenScope project in different directions is huge.</p><br> |
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