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mathew "Thats a good idea. I was thinking of making a version of the paper grating support that had a protractor-like series of angles so someone could fo..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "@spectraljugad The distances and angles come from @cfastie's empirical tests linked above in "relationship between grating, slit, and camera" for s..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "That candle protector is a great way to picture how this sensor works! I think the tiny grate on top of the sensor itself does something similar. ..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "I'm pretty worried about those particles too. I think we would need an electron microscope to measure them though-- that's a pretty big barrier to..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "@gonzoearth also uses this spool with Spectra line (low stretch) and a drill to put balloons to 3000' http://publiclab.org/notes/gonzoearth/11-10-2..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "that reminds me-- I have one of the DIY Bio microscopes i built this summer-- haven't used it for anything-- I'll take a look again. " | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "I bought a scanner earlier that claimed 9200 DPI, but I could only get at best 1700DPI out of it. it seems the best effective resolution of a slide..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "I'm wondering if two off-the-shelf Shinyei sensors could be coupled together with an electromagnet to make this work: http://publiclab.org/notes/do..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "Pulling line in automatically requires two things-- a line that doesn't stretch much, and a strong enough winder. The reason for the not-so-stretc..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "Thanks! @amysoyka that's an interesting idea. I haven't ever studied mines specifically, just basic geology. You're right though-- the issues of ..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "also really sweet-- the live view of the whole video image + the sample line in the upper left corner. " | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "awesome work stevie! I love the hand-made trifold pamphlets! " | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "thanks for posting this ted! I love this technique " | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "I see the frog in those traces.... nice! " | about 10 years ago
mathew "nice bacronym! " | Read more » over 10 years ago
mathew "are the turns in the light path for purposes of diffusion? It seems like I'm seeing a lot of stray light in the spectra. " | Read more » over 10 years ago
mathew "oh shoot I missed that. they looked like straight ties. thanks. " | Read more » over 10 years ago
mathew "@eustatic's straps had that cinch down bit that I like-- they're a little more, but those are also cheaper on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Black-V..." | Read more » over 10 years ago
mathew "I'm buying a bunch of these from McMaster to try out as a cable tie replacement in the kit. http://www.mcmaster.com/#6605k23/=u1tmx6 " | Read more » over 10 years ago
mathew "The sensor size is not definitive. The Infragram webcam is more sensitive than the SYBA, but has the same sensor size as the SANM camera. Its also..." | Read more » over 10 years ago
mathew "I think MicMac will take LIDAR data http://publiclab.org/notes/mathew/02-25-2014/3d-data-from-image-sets-autostitching " | Read more » over 10 years ago
mathew "It could work-- any phone with USB2Go functionality can act as a USB host through microUSB. Android doesn't integrate UVC functionality into its k..." | Read more » over 10 years ago
mathew "Jack, I'm not able to get the Wheestat's port to recogize on a mac-- Processing won't recognize the USB Port-- I can only select bluetooth. " | Read more » over 10 years ago
mathew "I don't think so. there is some research in the literature review on the topic but that is not somethign we've been pursuing " | Read more » over 10 years ago