Just a quick update. @gbathree and I had a great meeting yesterday with @rbowman and @julianstirling from the OpenFlexure project and we discussed the idea of adding their microscope to an initial “portfolio” of products that we will be aiming to manufacture/distribute as part of this new collaboration. We’ve also interviewed a couple of great candidates and are aiming to hire someone early in 2020.
We were also joined in our call by @szroboman_opentrons who is interested in developing a mentoring/education program to introduce high-school/college kids in Brooklyn to open science hardware. It seems like their could be some interesting synergies/overlaps between these initiatives, and @szroboman_opentrons is also keen on building the openflexure microscope and has some great contacts in China related to supply chain and manufacturing.
We are also hoping to connect with other people around the globe who might be interested in experimenting with different distributed manufacturing/service/shipping models. Some names that came up in our discussion were @amchagas, @valerian or if anyone else is interested in setting up a community call around this idea, please get in touch!