Smartphone Apps, Micro-Controller Kits, and Webservers for Scientific Research

Dear Colleagues,

The smartphone revolution along with the micro-controller kits like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Micro:Bit have changed the way scientific research can be carried out just as the Internet did a decade earlier. Computers are not indispensable in research labs, and it is foreseeable that smartphone apps and micro-controller kit devices will continue to gain traction. This Special Issue allows the reporting of self-assembled micro-controller kit devices, smartphone apps, and even web servers and their usage for augmenting scientific research.

Reporting should be about how these solutions are developed and what processes they enable or optimize. In certain cases, the novel usage of such solutions to make scientific research easier can also be reported. This Special Issue aims to capture the problem-solving “do-it-yourself” (DIY) spirit in scientists in their various disciplines concerning different issues. The problem or issue identified should be of sufficient commonality to research in the respective disciplines and the advantages of the new method or protocol should be highlighted including but not limited to cost-effectiveness.

Dr. Samuel Ken-En Gan
Dr. Nipon Theera-Umpon
Dr. Chinh Tran To Su
Dr. Chee Keong Kwoh
Guest Editors

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