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FIGURE 1.7
Parametric automated filter wheel changer. Inset shows detail of filter locking.
Source: Open sourced by the author, Rodrigo Faria and Nick Anzalone of the Michigan Technological University Open Sustainability
Technology Group (
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:26553
).
As additional research groups begin to freely share the designs of their own laboratory
hardware, not only can everyone in the greater scientific community enjoy those same dis-
counts on equipment, but also following the FOSS approach, the equipment will continue to
evolve to be even beter in the open-source scientiic design community. In addition, research
costs will also be depressed even when scientists choose a commercial version of a tool be-
cause of the price pressure from the open-source community.
We are on the verge of a new era where low-cost scientific equipment puts increasingly
sophisticated tools into the hands of the public and amateur scientists, while driving down the
costs of research tools at our most prestigious laboratories.
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