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warren " Mine at the top are with the hi res webcam kit, but @peasepoint's are with the basic microscope kit... a very cheap webcam! " | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "A troubleshooting note! The ribbon cables seem to be the most common thing to go wrong. Often, the "pad" next to the lens, shown here, needs to be..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "Hi, would it be OK if we renamed this "make stages for the Community Microscope Kit"? that way people might also hand-cut them, as in https://publi..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren ":-) good to know!!! We're looking for slightly better webcams now too. We found this one is pretty nice, and we are getting them for about $30, al..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "Awesome!!! You can also find some cut files (but more importantly some artwork for printing instructions on them!) here: (also 3d printing files f..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "Hi! It's this one or one very like it! Awesome! " | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "Just starting to make some steps towards integrating this into the infragram video feed, where we can test it out. https://github.com/publiclab/inf..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "Final note as we prepare a new activity for Raspberry Pi kits: you need to remove the lens from the Pi camera, which is a bit tough. We've loosened..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "I updated this with a new photo of the improved webcams, which means you can skip the inner foam tape step since the circuit board can unscrew and ..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "OK, we've finally gotten some good photos of the "basic kit" version of the Community Microscope (Kickstarter link) and how to assemble it. This is..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "Also Larry is working on a slight redesign to expand the holes for the webcam cable and a few other small tweaks. I've emailed to ask him for his P..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "Here is the adapter! We're making some on a lasercutter and some on a 3d printer, but it's a /very/ simple part -- the tough part for us is getting..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "For Early Bird and Intro kits, we ultimately got a slightly different model of webcam -- it has a retracting cable, and an extra screw when compare..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "For folks starting to connect microscope objective lenses to their microscopes as part of the Community Microscope Kit, we'll post some photos soon..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "Real-time sobel! Cool -- the edge detection on #image-sequencer is pretty slow... i wonder if we could get this running faster (up to video speeds)..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "This is really cool. Just a couple thoughts on presentation -- want to try making a Gif from this video? I think it'd be neat for people to see qui..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "A bit more info on this back at this question from some months back: https://publiclab.org/questions/stevie/12-08-2017/could-the-raspberry-pi-micro..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "@jiteovien just linking your diagram and challenge up with this reply from @maxliboiron -- https://publiclab.org/questions/jiteovien/08-08-2018/can..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "This looks great, and AWESOME diagram! @maxliboiron do you think we have to flip the dissecting scope so that the materials can be on the same side..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "Glad to hear it. I've noted that not all WiFi networks work, and sometimes trying on a different one (like the one I broadcast from my phone) works..." | Read more » almost 6 years ago
warren "We've requested a sample of v4 and also placed an initial order! We're going to have these precut by a coroplast cutting service (that does politic..." | Read more » almost 6 years ago
warren "Very exciting! We're starting assembly of the first early-bird kits now... i've been cutting coroplast sheets a lot today! On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at..." | Read more » almost 6 years ago
warren "I LOVE this!!!! Fantastic!!! ⚡⚡ " | Read more » almost 6 years ago
warren "Great idea @amirberagain. @maggpi if you have a chance to record video of a live insect's face that would be so cool... :ant: " | Read more » almost 6 years ago