i've hosted 100+ hardware events for 5,000+ people in sf + this was the wildest one. our third ai + lab automation hardware hack showed what the latest in ai can do to help automate science. hosted at @workatthestudio with @opentrons @cephlainc @byonoy_biotech + more

july 15 kickoff -

this summer? gonna be a hardware kinda summer. join + build something new. win up to $50k from @BoostVC . three tracks.1️⃣ custom pcbs with @BuildWithFlux .2️⃣ edge applications with @pamir_ai .3️⃣ wearables with glasses+. 30 days 🌐 worldwide 🤖 100+ builders. completely free.

sf hardware meetup + humanoid robotics = a fun thursday night. s/o to @benjamin_bolte at @kscalelabs building open source humanoids. @BrendahNjiru founder of @HomyRobotics for aging in place. @allenzren at @physical_int foundation video language action models. h/t humanmade

thank you to everyone who helped make this possible!. and if you want to support the next one, reach out.

8. liquid gradient descent. problem: viscous liquids like glycerol are notoriously difficult to handle accurately and bubble formation can ruin experiments and waste expensive reagents. solution: calibration assay generator with real gradient-descent in physical space to

7. aero lab uses digital twins in the omniverse for protocol creation + validation. problem: at 1 million wells per screen and an average of $0.10 cents per well, a 20 percent error rate means a cost increase of $750k. solution: nvidia-isaac sim + cad digital twin mirror every

6. biosentinel is an autonomous virus surveillance system that uses houseflies as living biosensors to detect pandemic threats like bird flu in under 8 hours. problem: slow, reactive surveillance lets outbreaks spread before we can contain them. for example, bird flu has a 52 %

5. designer organoids with automated feedback loop to respond in personalized way to each human. problem: organoid reproducibility is stuck at ~53 % batch-to-batch consistency; that variability squanders roughly $1 B in pre-clinical R&D and generic “one-size-fits-all” models

4. protocol monitoring with a phone camera. problem: solving for the $400-$1000 cost for mistakes in workflows. solution: phone camera using a video language model to track goal of automation with feedback along the way. mcp: opentrons mcp. team: Jeremi Nuer @yerbymatey Moritz

3. aira manages and executes multi-step laboratory workflows by coordinating actions across integrated instruments. problem: life-science labs juggle fragmented instruments and lims leading to long, expensive runs. solution: a cloud agent that orchestrates hardware-agnostic

2. wearable experiment monitoring system + robotic automation system. problem: the reproducibility crisis means that 70 % of scientists can’t repeat peers’ work and 60 % can’t even repeat their own, wasting an estimated $28 B/yr in biotech r+d. solution: smart-ppe headset.

here's what got built: . 1. 🏆pippin a hands-free voice agent for the opentrons flex. problem: scaling assays from manual to robot requires tedious tuning of aspiration/dispense speeds, mixing cycles, etc. solution: an open-source mcp server that self-optimizes liquid-handling

"incredibly valuable experience" -ahsan. "such an inspiring environment for biotech innovation!" - etai. "collaboration accelerator to build with purpose" jonathan. we do it for the community so that people can build crazy, ambitious ideas. together.

we made sure people had access to the latest hardware.

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just talked to a hardware startup in sf as a team of 2, that just raised $M for their seed round. they've hit:. hundreds or pre-orders, millions of impressions on social, and 2nd iteration of product in less than 10 months. ⚡ speed is the most important thing for building.

🤖 hardware stack for this weekend's ai + lab automation hack for sf's @deeptechweek . this weekend's gonna be fun @opentrons , @cephlainc , @Byonoy_GmbH

2.5 pro from @Google @GeminiApp is crazy good at visual simulations. i went from a screenshot in @opentrons' manual on to interactive visual intro in 30min. why this is important:. as we prep for an ai + lab automation hack in sf this weekend, our team is exploring ways to

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