Hardware
Open hardware we develop
Section titled “Open hardware we develop”- electroPioreactor: a Pioreactor that makes its own hydrogen and oxygen, with build guides, designs and the plugin on GitHub.
- PioFlo: affordable bioreactors at any scale, by turning a Pioreactor into a flow-through cell.
- OpenValve: an affordable open source pinch valve.
- Everything else: the CO₂ gas train, holders and small parts.
Most of what we know about hardware we learned the hard way. At the November 2025 training, new crocodile clips kept falling off the electrodes, which is where the electrode top stop came from, and a vial dropped and smashed, which is why the kit list now says to carry boxed spares.
Equipment we use
Section titled “Equipment we use”Our notes from 2023 on choosing kit on a budget:
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