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- 2. Meet the team…University of Oxford
- 3. Helena Webb Louise Bezuidenhout Jason R.C. Nurse Arianna Schuler Scott
- 4. Our partners
- 5. Other LabHack contributors Andre Chagas Jeff Barbee University of Zimbabwe The 3D Kings The 3D Guys Netro Electronics Zimbabwe Tech Village Elevate Trust Orbit RRI
- 6. Some essential information before we begin… ‘Small Hall’ = Engineering Workshop ‘Large Hall’ = Multi Purpose Hall Lunch = canteen All teams have a ‘base’ in the Multi Purpose Hall See Helena to complete registration
- 7. Team Presentations : 5 to 7 mins per team o your team name o team members (names, year of study and subject of study) o what challenge you are working on and why you chose it o what work on the challenge you have done so far o what you have found easy and what you have found difficult o your next steps on the challenge o any queries you have that you think other teams may be able to help with.
- 8. You are being judged! Prizes for: • Best prototype • Best documentation • ?????? Judging criteria Design and methodology Reproducibility of design Responsibility of design Presentation Team work
- 9. This afternoon – workshops Large Hall - 3D printing - 3D scanning - How to build a $10 microscope - Getting the most out of your Arduino 16hr45 onwards: social event with food! Large Hall
- 10. Find our website: https://labhackathon.wordpress.com/ We are filming! Find us on Twitter: @labhackathon #LabHackZim
- 11. Resource Limitations • Scientific equipment is expensive ($, £, €) • Repair and maintenance contracts are expensive • Equipment comes with proprietary reagents • Designs don’t suit infrastructural challenges = lack of equipment in teaching and research laboratories = challenges for STEM under/postgraduate education http://www.everystockphoto.com/ photo.php?imageId=2708292
- 14. “Homemade” Equipment https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/what-is-open-source-lab-equipment/2015/04/20
- 15. What Can a LabHack Do? Shortage of laboratory equipment in teaching/research laboratories Difficult to gain “hands-on” STEM training Limits the types of research possible in labs Slows down research projects Equipment is expensive ($, £, €) Repair and maintenance expensive Design doesn’t suit infrastructural challenges Online resources creating opportunities for making Learning by “doing” adds value to education Build low-cost equipment suited to Africa Mendable in country with local parts Commercialisation opportunities
- 16. But Why Is So Much Available Online? http://williamnava.com/philosophy-shaves-barber-21/
- 19. Openness as … • Open science is the movement to make scientific research, data and dissemination accessible to all - amateur or professional • A return on public investment … • A way of advancing science … • A way of being collegial … • A way of improving transparency, reproducibility, replicability … • A way of minimising harms …
- 20. A way to advance global science
- 21. An Opportunity for African Science • Open Data provides necessary data sets to work with • Open Access increases availability of published articles • Open Source provides non-proprietary software • Open Hardware could address resource scarcity
- 22. A Responsibility As Well As An Opportunity • Researchers should strive to uphold ideals of Open Science • Recognize a reciprocal responsibility to SHARE, as well as use, open resources • A state of mind as well as a state of professional being
- 23. What Does it Mean to Be Responsible in Design and Use? Processes of design, development and innovation can/should: - be sustainable - be inclusive, engage with different users and stakeholders - be considerate of societal expectations - anticipate and assess potential (positive and negative) implications
- 24. Responsible Research and Innovation ‘doing science and innovation with society and for society’
- 25. Data repositories Appropriate metadata Online sites such as Figshare Code sharing tools ie. GitHub Open Lab books Open methods communities Free access to published papers MOOCs Repositories +Online communities • GOSH • TReND • Figshare
- 26. No “One Size Fits All” • Not everything can be shared • Not everything that is generated is useful • Practical concerns/challenges should not be minimized or overlooked • Sharing and openness are a commitment that takes time, money, effort and support
- 27. Commercialisation and Open Source • Commercialisation and Open Source are not necessarily incommensurable • Including Open Source elements in your design can strengthen community use and feedback • Creative Commons licenses can facilitate openness without loss of control over IP
- 28. 8 Questions To Ask On A Daily Basis 1. Does my research/design plan include plans to share data/software? 2. Have I identified the best places to share my data/software? 3. Have I associated enough metadata/information with the things that I’m sharing?
- 29. 4. Am I contributing as well as using online resources? 5. Do I talk to my colleagues about sharing and openness? 6. Am I appropriately acknowledging the use of other people’s work? 7. Have I thought through the potential harms/misuse of my research/designs? 8. Can I do it better/cheaper/simpler?
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- The ‘small hall’ in the programme is the Engineering Hall and the ‘large hall’ is the Multi Purpose Hall. We will be using both halls tomorrow. All teams have a base in the Multi Purpose Hall – look for a table with your team name on it. If you did not join us this evening, you will need to see me tomorrow to complete your registration for the event. Remember to send us your documentation! We have a panel of judges at the event and they will award prizes for the best prototype and best documentation. Prizes will be given on Sunday so you have plenty of time to keep working and win! From 11 am to 1 pm tomorrow we have a session for team presentations and discussions. Each team will have a short time to present. This will be very friendly and informal, we would like you to tell us: 1) your team name, 2) information about the team members (names, year of study and subject of study), 3) what challenge you are working on and why you chose it, 4) what work on the challenge you have done so far, 5) what you have found easy and what you have found difficult, 5) your next steps on the challenge and any queries you have that you think other teams may be able to help with.
- Harness creative expertise and local talent to turn empty labs into full ones Bring together disciplines to work on these challenges – better working together Find solutions that fit local contexts
- Fits in with the new movement towards open hardware Designers, users and makers from all over the world are starting to make their own equipment Changing the face of scientific research – do not always have to rely on expensive proprietary equipment More importantly, putting designs online and sharing openly – creating a growing international community online with a wide range of expertise and interests
- Open Hardware includes everything from the very big equipment to the very small We’re particularly interested in the very small Pieces of lab equipment that get everyday use in teaching and education that can be made for a fraction of the cost of buying them Includes centricuges, PCR machines, fluoremeters, electrophoresis machines and so forth
- So, to sum up, we think that the lab hack fits into a very important niche in Africa Not only address resource limitations, but add value to learning experience If you’ve built the equipment you really know what it does and how to use it Better at problem solving
- Who has heard of open source vs closed source What does it mean? Why do we do it?
- Open source falls under a bigger umbrella of open science activities Include All united by the belief that the products of science should be available to anyone who wants to use them – regardless of discipline, training or location
- There are many motivating thoughts behind Open Sceince. These include
- - Regardless of the motivation, it is widely believed that open science is the cornerstone from which to advance global science Justice The data produced in publically funded research should be available to anyone regardless of education or global location Beneficence (increase benefits) Increasing collaboration in science and the re-use of research data can lead to tangible benefits for societies Non-maleficence (avoid harm) Similarly, better access to data and educational resources will allow us to minimize existing harms Responsibility Sharing data is a cornerstone of collegial science and is thus a key responsibility for all scientists
- Design equipment BY Africans FOR Africans Frugal/economical design and use of components Equipment that works in context (including infrastructural challenges) Easily repairable and repurposable Limits use of proprietary reagents and software
- Responsible research and innovation is an approach that anticipates and assesses potential implications and societal expectations with regard to research and innovation, with the aim to foster the design of inclusive and sustainable research and innovation. Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) implies that societal actors (researchers, citizens, policy makers, business, third sector organisations, etc.) work together during the whole research and innovation process in order to better align both the process and its outcomes with the values, needs and expectations of society. In practice, RRI is implemented as a package that includes multi-actor and public engagement in research and innovation, enabling easier access to scientific results, the take up of gender and ethics in the research and innovation content and process, and formal and informal science education Improved design and development as well as societally desirable
- Responsible research and innovation is an approach that anticipates and assesses potential implications and societal expectations with regard to research and innovation, with the aim to foster the design of inclusive and sustainable research and innovation. Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) implies that societal actors (researchers, citizens, policy makers, business, third sector organisations, etc.) work together during the whole research and innovation process in order to better align both the process and its outcomes with the values, needs and expectations of society. In practice, RRI is implemented as a package that includes multi-actor and public engagement in research and innovation, enabling easier access to scientific results, the take up of gender and ethics in the research and innovation content and process, and formal and informal science education Improved design and development as well as societally desirable
- Important to think about how to share as well as how to use Over the course of this weekend we’ll be talking about a variety of different things that will help you to be more open