"I could make it, how hard could it be?" and that's how CLYTE started!
Cadmus
A device to track and monitor a cell culture while it's in the incubator: CLYTE's first project.
LOG · WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT DOES
A cell culture monitor: a slim device that sits under a culture flask inside the incubator and images the cells through a window in its top, sending a live view to a computer so the culture can be checked without taking it out.
WHY
It came out of a conversation with a former client who was complaining about how her students keep messing up the cultures; she would love to be able to track and monitor the culture while in the incubator. I famously said, "I could make it, how hard could it be?" and that's how CLYTE started.
WHAT I WORKED ON
I did the full stack, software and hardware, with a little bit of electronics help from a friend, Michael, who later joined CLYTE. The first prototype worked.
WHAT CAME OF IT
It's on hold: it's a massive project, and our other, more popular products need us to keep refining them as we hear feedback.
- OBJECT
- M19
- YEAR
- 2024
- CONTEXT
- CLYTE
- CATEGORY
- work
- TYPE
- hardware
- STATE
- unfinished
- TOPICS
PLATES · 12
PLATE IThe first prototype, working
PLATE IIThe prototype at work, its live view on a laptop
PLATE IIIThe built enclosure, a T75 flask on top
PLATE IVCadmus under a T75 flask
PLATE VCadmus 1.0 and a T75 flask
PLATE VIThe enclosure
PLATE VIIThe inside, in CAD
PLATE VIIIThe enclosure, drawn with numbered parts
PLATE IXThe inside, from above
PLATE XAn early image through its camera
PLATE XICalibrating against a stage micrometer
PLATE XIICells, with a 10 µm scale bar
MORE WORK HARDWARE
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