Since organisation of ideas, stocks, and projects is a major concern (or at least should be) of labs and researchers, here is a small compilation of cost free sofware to help out:
Micro-Manager is an ImageJ plugin dedicated to the control of microscopes. Their intent is to have a “one fits all” software for the control of microscopes, stages, filters and cameras. A comprehensive list of supported devives can be found on devices section of the project webpage.
NeuroMorpho.Org is a centrally curated inventory of digitally reconstructed neurons associated with peer-reviewed publications. It contains contributions from over 100 laboratories worldwide and is continuously updated as new morphological reconstructions are collected, published, and shared.
NeuroTinker project is all about hardware emulated neurons. The creators made them in a way that each hardware neuron has excitatory and inhibitory inputs and one output that can be split up to affect dowsntream neurons.
NiBabel is a python package, under the NiPy project, that aims at unifying the process of opening different medical and neuroimaging file formats, including: ANALYZE,GIFTI, NIfTI1, MINC, MGH and ECAT as well as PAR/REC.
NiPy is an effort to make brain imaging research easier and more clear. This is implemented by providing a series of software that deal with file IO, analysis, and interfaces & pipelines.
This is a small set of instructions on how to build a nose poke device for rats, using an arduino, some 3D printed parts and some off-the-shelf electronic components. All the files necessary to reproduce this can be found here
The Open Microscopy Environment is a collaborative project between several labs. They are developing file formats and software standards for light microscopy. Within the project they have BIO-formats, a Java library for reading and writing data.
Linux is an open source operating system and it is the major OS used in servers and supercomputers. Ubuntu, one of the best known distributions has been gaining space in the personal computing scene, now days already being factory shipped by major manufacturers.
Ever thought about making soft robots? The folks at Super-Releaser have, and they are doing very cool projects! Some for medical applications and some for research purposes. Check one of their cool robots below:
