Syringe pump can be expensive piece of scientific equipment that pumps out or pushes exact amount of content in unit of time from a syringe. With help of Open Sustainability Technology Lab you can now make this tool yourself for much lower cost with 3d printer and Raspberry Pi for control. This DIY syringe pump design is released under open source license.
Some version of this could be used also for medical purposes ...
Project homepage with all guides, files and code:
http://www.appropedia.org/Open-source_syringe_pump
Form more information about open source DIY lab equipment go to:
http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/01/3d-printing-low-cost-open-source.html
