The Craziest Innovations Hiding at OpenSauce 2026
I went to OpenSauce to find the coolest biology / chemistry / materials science booths and ask them questions. I found open-source genetic engineering, NMR, & materials testing rigs - I even got to interview @NASAAmes and @CrunchLabs !! In this video, I show off these super cool booths as well as some projects people built simply because they wanted to. It ends with a full-blown, humanoid robot fight - piloted by Michael Reeves.
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Here's all the info I could find about each booth I talked to:
San Francisco Microscopical Society: sfmicrosociety.org
Analytical Chemistry Made Easy:
www.analyticalchemistrymadeeasy.com/
and
https://github.com/soukeycircuits
About X Ray Crystallography:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_c...
and
• X-Ray Crystallography
ULethbridge iGEM Team Page: https://teams.igem.org/5563
ProtoRight Material Testing Rig: https://www.protoright.com/
Peninsula Precious Plastics: https://www.peninsulapreciousplastics...
- @NASAAmes Research Center: https://www.nasa.gov/ames/
University of Arizona ACS Chapter: https://cbc.arizona.edu/outreach/smacs
CrunchLabs: https://www.crunchlabs.com/
ClassCrunchLabs: https://www.classcrunchlabs.org/
- @JoelCreates OddCube: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
- @Gems_Of_Science : https://store.gemsofscience.com/
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
2:23 - San Fransisco Microscopical Society
4:04 - Open Source NMR (Analytical Chemistry Made Easy)
7:28 - X Ray Crystallography Booths
10:30 - DIY Genetic Engineering (iGEM Team)
14:30 - Material Testing Rig (Open-source)
16:40 - Peninsula Precious Plastics
18:30 - NASA Interview
20:57 - American Chemical Society (U of Arizona)
23:00 - CrunchLabs
25:20 - TARS robot from Interstellar
27:30 - Plasma Tesla Coil
30:00 - JoelCreates OddCube
31:49 - Ratatouille Robot
33:14 - Gems of Science
37:20 - Robot Fight Club