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Apr 1, 2026 · product, R2

Introducing the Tuning Disc

Our newest R2 piece turns the classic orientation tuning curve into a 3D-printed record — playable on a turntable, and able to sharpen your Neuropixels probe.

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Apr 3, 2025 · company, open source

Revising our pricing and growth strategy

Open about our pricing: after a supply-chain crisis, we're raising prices ~30% on metal products and ~10% on the rest to grow sustainably.

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Mar 11, 2024 · product, microdrives

3Drive phased out

We're retiring our original 3D-printed microdrive. Its successor, the R2Drive, builds on the detachable-base design.

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Mar 8, 2024 · publications, open hardware

Methods preprints!

Two open-source preprints featuring 3Dneuro hardware — the DREAM implant and the TD Drive — are online and in review.

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Jun 15, 2022 · press

Press: 3Dneuro featured in Dutch newsletter Bionieuws

Bionieuws, a professional newsletter for biologists, ran a feature on 3Dneuro in its May 2022 issue.

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May 21, 2021 · product, open hardware

R2Drive preorder update

Our first aluminium R2Drive run — fifty units at 0.47 g each — sold out within 24 hours. Here's what's next.

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May 18, 2021 · open hardware

Hosting open hardware files on Zenodo: durable and citable resource sharing

Why we share our open-hardware design files on Zenodo: durable, DOI-citable, and grant-friendly.

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Apr 23, 2021 · product, open hardware

New metal microdrive in collaboration with the Buzsáki lab

A recoverable, reusable, open-source metal microdrive for silicon probes — developed with the Buzsáki lab at NYU.

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Nov 30, 2020 · press, open hardware

Recent Nature feature on DIY science equipment

Nature on how DIY, open-source hardware democratizes science — plus a few things we'd add.

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