Get into Biohacking on the Cheap with this Electrophoresis Rig

If you want to get into electronics, it’s pretty straightforward: read up a little, buy a breadboard and some parts, and go to town. Getting into molecular biology as a hobby, however, presents some challenges. The knowledge is all out there, true, but finding the equipment can be a problem, and what’s out there tends to be fiendishly expensive.

So many would-be biohackers end up making their own equipment, like this DIY gel electrophoresis rig. Electrophoresis sorts macromolecules like DNA or proteins by size using an electric field. For DNA, a slab of agarose gel is immersed in a buffer …read more

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How one company saved $132k a Year with an IT Infrastructure Audit

Adnan Issadeen

How one team dug into its stack to find — and kill — a few zombie services with big savings

Over the last year and a half, the Buffer team has tripled in size, from 25 teammates to 80.

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