A microscope is an optical instrument that can be used for magnification. It's often made up of multiple parts, including: * optics (lens, focus, calibration) * a camera * a lighting system * a moving stage to hold slides Community Microscope Kit We’ve developed a microscope kit you can build yourself - the result of many teams’ work coming together! Read more about the Community Microscope! ## Questions Questions can be either frequently asked questions, or "next step" challenges we're looking to solve. [questions:microscopes] ## Activities Activities show how to use this project, step by step. [activities:microscopes] ## Updates [notes:microscopes] ...
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| partsandcrafts | " " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Ooh! Cross post at https://publiclab.org/questions/stevie/01-22-2018/what-is-the-best-light-source-to-use-for-the-basic-microscope -- awesome! " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| partsandcrafts | "@warren @kgradow I've also been experimenting with using a magnet sandwich to hold the carriage bolt in place, like so. It seems helpful. Though ..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| partsandcrafts | "@warren I just got and tried using that light you suggested: https://www.amazon.com/I-MU-Flexible-Gooseneck-Brightness-Gray-White/dp/B071Y3P8ZC/ I..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Just copying the files in here as a backup! hackteria_modified_for_cut.pdf hacktera_modified_exported.svg Hackteria_Microscope_Modified_for_p..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Awesome. Trying to get a bunch of the parts and prices together here: https://publiclab.org/questions/warren/12-08-2017/how-cheaply-can-i-get-all-t..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| partsandcrafts | "@warren @kgradow1 -- we also tried using one of these lights -- https://www.amazon.com/Cat-CT1000-Pocket-COB-Light/dp/B012BR6D1E/ -- and found that..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| amirberAgain | "Saw this during the air pollution open call today, It looks really nice! any reason you used ImageJ and not Python + OpenCV? " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| amirberAgain | "I think they already had a very similar previous publication, but this came up today in one of my Scholar alerts: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| amirberAgain | ":) OK, Got that now! " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Ah yes - but good question! There is also an OpenHour tonight at 8pm on Hydrogen Sulfide Monitoring Methods which should be great as well. The par..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| amirberAgain | "@stevie any chance you meant to 8pm and not 2pm? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/publiclaboratory/1wnDDulduXs " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| amirberAgain | "Will try to! " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Hi there! We're going to be chatting about this on the OpenCall tomorrow at 2pm Central if you're interested in joining on! https://publiclab.org/w..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| amirberAgain | "What could be applicable here is a lens free holographic microscope. I've been wanting to build one for a long time, maybe this will be my excuse! ..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| squattingdog | "Thanks @warren and @richardbowman for replying, it's appreciated. I'm quite familiar with microscopes and macro photography. I have a Nikon Optipho..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Indeed -- we're hoping the basic microscope kit will create an influx of folks who go on to make openFlexure microscopes! " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| richardbowman | "Hi @squattingdog, just thought I'd pop up and say that the openflexure microscope is still very much under active development - I've improved my bu..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, @squattingdog - we've been working on an "introductory" microscope build that's an easier stepping stone to this one, which you can upgrade lat..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| squattingdog | "@mathew any progress on this build? I was interested in giving it a shot myself but wasn't sure where to start since I've seen very little activity..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Broke out the idea of a USB-only connection in this question! https://publiclab.org/questions/warren/12-15-2017/how-can-we-set-up-a-raspberry-pi-ca..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Awesome -- i used the image and it worked perfectly! " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, @partsandcrafts @wmacfarl @kgradow1 @bmela - i'd be happy to do some formatting work on this post if you want to add my username as a coauthor ..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "This is awesome. maybe we should build out a part of the Q&A specifically about lighting. @maxliboiron has mentioned lighting can be a challeng..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago |