GENtle

GENtle is a free molecular biology software for editing DNA and amino acids, database management, plasmid maps, simulation of DNA ligation and digestion with restriction enzymes, sequence aligning tool, sequencer data import, calculators, PCR tool for primer design, protein tool and so on. GENtle has even a virtual gel display so you know in advance how your gel should look in the end.

It is free software under GPLv2+.

GENtle is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

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Food Additives

Food Additives is a free small application which displays information about food additives. The additives can be searched by their name or number. Food Additives will show you a general description for the additive, its origin, its group, who should avoid the product (children, asthmatics, vegetarians, etc.), in which country the product is banned. This application is like a small dictionary for additives used in food industry.

download free Food Additives from finitysoft.com

Tinkercad, a free 3D design tool for your 3D printer

Tinkercad is a free software developed for 3D printers like Makerbot. Extremely expensive at the beginning and available only for architects in the industry, 3D printing is slowly moving now towards the accessible zone for personal use. Imagine you could design your own objects and print them afterwards. Using a web interface, Thinkercad allows you to create objects on your computer and export them as STL files for your Makerbot 3D printer.

Tinkercad link to official webpage