{"id":10397,"date":"2010-06-21T19:00:33","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T02:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/?p=10397"},"modified":"2010-12-26T15:56:49","modified_gmt":"2010-12-26T22:56:49","slug":"biotech-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/maker-success-stories\/biotech-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Biotech Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Xerox machine for DNA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tito-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10393\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tito-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tito-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tito-1-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>Tito Jankowski from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pearlbiotech.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pearl Biotech<\/a> is a creator of Biotech tools &#8212; Smarter tools for the modern genetic explorer<\/p>\n<p><em>Where are you based?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m living in sunny San Francisco. I moved out here in March to get closer to the garage biotech scene, and have loved every minute of it. Plus, I&#8217;m 2 blocks from a small farmer&#8217;s market on Sundays, so I&#8217;m always loading up on danishes, pasta, and awesome veggies.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m working with Josh Perfetto on the OpenPCR project &#8212; a xerox machine for DNA. We just launched a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/930368578\/openpcr-open-source-biotech-on-your-desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kickstarter project<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/930368578\/openpcr-open-source-biotech-on-your-desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tito-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10395\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tito-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tito-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tito-3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>How did you come across Ponoko?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Well, there are a lot of people out in the world who really love the idea of what you&#8217;ve created with Ponoko. I think I heard about Ponoko first from Mac Cowell, the founder of DIYbio. It sounded like a cool service, and the OpenPCR project was perfect for laser cutting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tito-5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10428\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tito-5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tito-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tito-5.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>How did you used to make products before Ponoko?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>About a year ago, I started out going to TAP plastic every week, but soon hit a ceiling. It&#8217;s pretty good, but the idea of taking a digital file in there and having them bang it out just isn&#8217;t going to happen. The project I was working on at the time (Open hardware gel electrophoresis) required crazy tolerances, ~0.001&#8243; and TAP could only do 1\/16&#8243; so that was around the time I &#8220;graduated&#8221; from TAP. I came across two wonderful shops in the Bay Area and they&#8217;ve been working closely with me since. Problem is, their focus is more manufacturing, so when Josh Perfetto and I started the OpenPCR project started in March I knew I needed to try something new.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tito.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10427\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tito-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>How would you describe your creative process<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With open hardware for biotech, we&#8217;re making new and better tools for a completely new type of scientist. Sketching in a notebook, and Google sketchup and cardboard and foam board. Sketchup is awesome because it&#8217;s fairly straightforward to get into an Illustrator file to send to Ponoko.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tito-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10396\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tito-4-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Have you been surprised by anything in the Ponoko process: positives\/negatives?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I took my OpenPCR project into TAP plastics and the guy there said he would charge $400 for something like that (my first birch prototype was $50 from Ponoko).<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have any tips for other users?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you get stuck &#8212; write for help. My first night with Ponoko took 5 hours, I just wanted to make a simple box. (As a beginner, Inkwell was really frustrating &#8212; I use Sketchup+Illustrator now). I gave up and wrote for help, and Josh walked me through every step I needed to get my box uploaded to ponoko for a price quote.<br \/>\n<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/openpcr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/openpcr.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pearlbiotech.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.pearlbiotech.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Xerox machine for DNA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Tito Jankowski from Pearl Biotech is a creator of Biotech tools &#8212; Smarter tools for the modern genetic explorer<\/p>\n<p><em>Where are you based?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m living in sunny San Francisco. I moved out here in March to get closer to the garage biotech scene, and have loved every minute of it. 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