current paper i'm reading
"High-precision modular microfluidics by micromilling of interlocking injection-molded blocks"
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2017/LC/C7LC00951H
yep
it's about making microfluidic systems out of lego
like, literally lego
"Repeatability of mounting LEGO bricks on a LEGO baseplate was measured by placing randomly selected pairs of same-size bricks onto a baseplate, and measuring brick position using an optical microscope (Zeiss Z1m)"
2/?
@bea ... please tell me taxpayer dollars were not spent on this
@ng0 pretty sures the patents have expired... in fact IIRC that's one major reason Lego moved towards so many "character license deals", because they wanted to still have the market cornered in some way
@cwebber yeah: https://www.cnet.com/news/lego-you-are-dead-to-me/ one of the first links in my searx search.
@cwebber I have this giant terrible collection of LEGOs (and LEGO Technik) from the late 80s and 90s and after many years the boxes containing them broke down. I'll need to get a new (and bigger) box soon. I have no use for it anymore, but sentimental values.
@cwebber I didn't fix up the pictures in the current documentation, but I'm still working with LEGOs:
https://gnunet.org/system-architecture-with-legos
:)
@cwebber LEGO exists, and it might be cheaper, but isn't the downside to LEGO that it is patented in design?
Or maybe memory doesn't serve me right.