ActiveState Perl: the ideal programming language for handling character based data such as DNA and amino acid sequences
BioPerl: a community effort to produce Perl code useful in biology
Python: alternative programming language with wide use in bioinformatics
BioPython: a set of freely available tools for biological computation written in Python
Arduino.cc: an open-source electronics prototyping platform i.e. used in the group to control LED sources (dimming, cycling etc.)
Processing: an open source programming language to create images, animations, and interactions i.e. for simple GUI development
Own scripts for data analysis and Arduino microcontroller