Kumasi-Hive/Incubator
Record type:
project
Creator:
Kum
Host:
Incubators are useful piece of equipment, however, most of them are expensive to get in biohacking/diybio labs. The MboaLab in Cameroon through the Building Free Open Science Hardware by Andre Chagas built the first incubator which was adopted and built for use in Ghana
# Incubator
Microorganisms growth are influenced by several factors including temperature. The type of microorganism you are growing requires that you use the right temperature to achieve optimal growth. Microorganisms like fungi grow best at 25 degree celcius. On the other hand, bacteria, depending on which type you are growing will also require it's unique growing conditions and temperature. Escherichia coli, a model bacteria used for several life sciences experiment grows best at 37 degree celcius. Incubators are temperature controled chambers for growing microorganisms. However, incubators are often very expensive to buy in resource limited labs due to their expensive nature. Our goal on this project is to build a viarable temperature incubator using DIY methods and equipment and making it very easy for DIY Bio or community labs that are resource constraint to equally build their own incubator.
## HARDWARE
1. Arduino Uno
2. Knob Potentiometer
3. 75W incandescent bulb
4. Push button
5. 16x2 LCD screen
6. 1 channel relay
7. Laser cutter
## SOFTWARE
1. Fritzing
2. Arduino IDE
## ALTERNATIVE HARDWARE
1. Replace sliding potentiometer with knob potentiometer
2. Replace 75W incandescent bulb with peltier element
## Acknowledgement
1. Andre Chagas \(Building Free Open Science Hardware\)
2. Mboa Lab team \(Thomas Mboa, Lenshina and Stephane\(FOSH-following-demand/Incub… \)
3. OngolaFablab team
4. Open Bioeconomy Lab team
5. Kumasi Hive Makerspace Team
## References
github.com
FOSH-following-demand/Incub…