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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · Jul 20

Our first Hackathon! And to continue our dedication to reliability, documentation and testing, it's all about quality!

More details can be found on our forum at openflexure.discourse.group/t/join-us-fo...

We hope to see you there!

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · May 12

Congratulations to the Biomanufacturing Group at ICGEB for winning a best exhibit prize at Maker Faire Trieste yesterday! 🏆 Their award-winning exhibit featured a number of OpenFlexure Microscopes, and aimed at help make biology accessible to everyone. 🔬

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julianstirling @julianstirling.bsky.social · May 9

Took my OpenFlexure Microscope to a demo today. I decided to walk. It's nice to have a project portable enough you can carry it 4km along the Bath Skyline.
#Portability #Microscopy #Bath
@openflexure.bsky.social

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · May 8

The Humanitarian Technology Trust launches today, and they're supporting our work on the OpenFlexure Microscope!

Microscopy saves lives, but access remains a barrier in much of the world. HTT’s first mission: help scale up our open-source microscope for global impact.

httrust.org/2025/05/08/H...

Humanitarian Technology Trust

The Humanitarian Technology Trust is focused on advancing open-source humanitarian technology through local manufacturing. We believe that empowering local manufacturers is the best way to ensure life...

httrust.org

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · May 5

We are delighted to be featured in this excellent guide on design for 3D printing.

Greg Saunier @gregsaunier.bsky.social · May 5

Designing for 3D Printing by Rahix is a master class guide! Comprehensive, well written and illustrated, it's essential reading for anyone designing mechanical parts.

blog.rahix.de/design-for-3...

Design for 3D-Printing - Rahix' Blog

Deep dive into mechanical design that is optimized for 3d-printing.

blog.rahix.de

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Kati Retzer @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social · Apr 29

Thx Babak @babakmalekian.bsky.social for making a movie about our DYI IR LED #roots #phenotyping devices, more to come soon @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social #Raspberrypi #openflexure @openflexure.bsky.social

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · Feb 2

Amazing talk by @openflexure.bsky.social at #fosdem2025. If you don't know these guys, check them out today. openflexure.org/projects/mic...

Packed audience hall listening to presentation

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · Feb 2

Ogres are like OpenFlexure Microscopes—they have layers! And today, you can see them being printed live at FOSDEM by our friends at Prusa Research! 🔬✨

Come say hi to us in Hall H, see the magic happen, and let’s celebrate open-source collaboration at its best! 🚀

#FOSDEM2025 #OpenSource #3DPrinting

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · Feb 1

We are having a blast at #FOSDEM, showcasing the OpenFlexure Microscopes and chatting with loads of other open-source enthusiasts!!

Come and see us in Hall H to get a demo of our microscope, and come along to our talk tomorrow at 15:20 CET in H.1309 (Van Rijn)!

#OpenSource

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julianstirling @julianstirling.bsky.social · Feb 1

The OpenFlexure stand at #FOSDEM is buzzing. Come see us in building H.

@openflexure.bsky.social

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julianstirling @julianstirling.bsky.social · Jan 22

There is an English version!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZOx...

Awesome work! I love it.

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · Jan 22

Every customised OpenFlexure Microscope makes us happy! This is the power of open source!

julianstirling @julianstirling.bsky.social · Jan 22

This video looks so cool:
www.bilibili.com/video/BV1mf6...

They have modified an OpenFlexure to use an OpenMV camera, and to add motion control buttons and a little screen.

There is a whole video tutorial, it's a shame I don't speak Chinese :(

#OpenHardware

CC @openflexure.bsky.social

我制作了一个精度0.0001毫米的OpenMV电动显微镜！【星瞳科技OpenMV视频教程】_哔哩哔哩_bilibili

OpenMV+电动显微镜到底可以有多神奇🔍🔬 一起探索微观世界！DIY你的专属电动显微镜！这是一款基于 OpenMV 的电动显微镜，移动精度高达 0.0001毫米！主体由3D打印完成，简单易做，随时上手！📂✨ 核心功能：高精度显微镜移动系统，支持微米级别调整DIY电动控制，轻松聚焦微观世界OpenMV电子目镜图像识别，让细菌、细胞一览无遗LCD显示屏，让你“显微”生活更清晰！📷 细胞、细, 视频...

www.bilibili.com

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · Jan 21

We would love to have more microscopes in Kenya.

In the past an organisation called TechForTrade built a version of our microscopes on the university of Nairobi campus from recycled plastic bottles.

We'll send you a DM

A photo showing a water bottle, 3D printer filament made from water bottles, and a digital microscope made from this filament.

An OpenFlexure Microscope in a school in Kenya

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · Jan 12

OpenFlexure Microscopes are more available than ever. It is really exciting to see so many businesses helping our community buy microscopes.

@labcrafter.co.uk have a new Hi-Res upgrade kit.

Fieldworkers in Japan are also selling a kit!

The true power of Open Hardware is that anyone can sell it.

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · Dec 25

Merry Christmas from the OpenFlexure Project.

Did Santa get anyone a microscope? 🔬🎅🎁

An OpenFlexure Microscope wearing a Santa hat.

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Bri Johns @briannaljohns.bsky.social · Dec 22

So excited to see that @openflexure.bsky.social now has a vendors page up and running - this is a huge step forward for those seeking to create a distributed manufacturing ecosystem for open source scientific hardware! www.openscienceshop.org/vendor-page-...

Official launch of the OpenFlexure vendors page

This year the Open Science Shop community has been collaborating with the OpenFlexure team with the goal of building a global network of OpenFlexure microscope kit vendors. We have been organizing mon...

www.openscienceshop.org

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · Dec 22

🚨REALLY COOL PAPER ALERT!🚨

Liam Rooney @liam-rooney.bsky.social · Dec 21

We built on the @openflexure.bsky.social platform to combine a 3D printed microscope chassis with both a 3D printed condenser and objective lens.

Now we have the entire microscope, including the optics, printed for less than £7.00… and it works!

(2/N)

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · Dec 20

It is incredible to see the work that is happening around the world with our open source designs.
Well done Solomon and @iamchagas.bsky.social

mindnumbed.bsky.social @mindnumbed.bsky.social · Dec 19

Very cool TV feature on Solomon's work making @openflexure.bsky.social microscopes out of recycled plastic!
youtu.be/VUjTczioAd0?...

Made In Kenya: Researcher making microscopes from recycled plastic bottles

YouTube video by Citizen TV Kenya

youtu.be

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · Dec 15

Some exciting microscope building happening in UCL!

See original on twitter:
x.com/BIIG_UCL/sta...

@uclofficial.bsky.social
🔬 #OpenScience #OpenSource #OpenHardware

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · Dec 7

Wambian have run an OpenFlexure Microscope workshop in Dakar! We are excited to hear more about their microscopic adventures. 🔬

Full video here:
x.com/pez_hayes/st...

#OpenScience #Science #Education #OpenSource #OpenHardware

Assembly photo of an OpenFlexure Microscope (video screenshot) from a Wambian bio-imaging workshop in Dakar.

Map of the world with countries where we know OpenFlexure has been built and/or used coloured in pink.
Coloured countries:
UK, USA, Tanzania, China, Antarctica, Russia, Australia, Ireland, Argentina, Kenya, India, Turkey, Germany, Chile, Cameroon, Singapore, The Netherlands, Peru, South Africa, Philippines, Norway, Panama, Uganda, Taiwan, Belgium, Canada, Ghana, Japan, Sweden, Brazil, Algeria, Israel, France, Colombia, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Spain, Venezuela, The Gambia, Indonesia, Finland, Mexico, Nigeria, Nepal, Switzerland, Paraguay, Sudan, Vietnam, Slovenia, Uruguay, Rwanda, Thailand, Denmark, Senegal, Austria, Romania, Poland, Ukraine, Latvia

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Andrew Millar @andrewmillar.bsky.social · Nov 29

Now this is pretty cool 🤓🧪. Anyone for a microscope?
BYO objective lens.

Openflexure via @labcrafter.co.uk
#StayCurious

A dozen plastic bags of components, washers etc from UK company Labcrafter to build a 3-D printed microscope designed by OpenFlexure. Image from Labcrafter, at https://labcrafter.co.uk/products/openflexure-microscope

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · Nov 29

We have just released a new beta of our long awaited Version 7 hardware release! 🔬

Assembly instructions and all STL files available here:
build.openflexure.org/openflexure-...

#OpenSource #OpenHardware #OpenScience #Microscopy

A composite image of an OpenFlexure Microscope from 3 angles

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · Nov 21

Have you ever wondered what an OpenFlexure Microscope really is? How to build one? And what it is used for?

Look no further! Welcome to OpenFlexure:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=InmL...

Welcome to OpenFlexure

YouTube video by OpenFlexure

www.youtube.com

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · Nov 20

The OpenFlexure team are really excited to have our first ever FOSDEM stand.

See you in February!

fosdem.org/2025/news/20...

#OpenSource #OpenHardware

Announcement poster for OpenFlexure at FOSDEM 2025

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OpenFlexure @openflexure.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hello BlueSky.

The OpenFlexure Project is an open source project that allows anyone to build a robotic microscope anywhere in the world.

So far people have told us that they have built or used an OpenFlexure Microscope in 50+ countries. Have you built or used one in a country that isn't pink yet?

A map of all locations the OpenFlexure Microscope has been built or used in. 58 countries/territories on all seven continents are highlighted in pink.

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