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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| warren | "Hi, our basic microscope kits use a standard USB webcam that shouldn't need a driver; can you tell us more about the operating system you're using?..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| warren | "Obviously we love to see any improved 3d printed parts and would love to add to the design. Just so people know, we try to print these to be solid,..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| warren | "Sadie, just curious, how does your adhere to the board? I love the little grippy bits that hold the lens itself! " | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| liz | "WOW @najeebyunusa I am so inspired by this work! I hope to hear more from these wonderful young people very soon! " | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| najeebyunusa | "Hello @liz thanks for the correction. I'm delighted to meet you. At GearHub we use 3D printing to produced functional 3D STEM Kits for education. T..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| liz | "So glad to hear from you! Also, very glad that the experiment went well yesterday. :D What are you working on at GearHub? Sounds exciting! No need..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| najeebyunusa | "This project is incredible, i have seen it is made yesterday when i volunteer to join the ongoing Envirosense Hack Series in Abuja by Vilsquare, Ma..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| warren | "Kimchi w crystallized salt Dried Thai basil! " | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| warren | "This went so well! Lots of people came by over the course of the night. I'll share photos gradually from each computer :smiley: Some red wine: ..." | Read more » | over 4 years ago | |||
| KathleenRobinson | "wao good to see these type of spy camera " | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "Oh awesome! " | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| SadiePrego | "Hey no problem! I actually made one myself which works pretty well - no tape needed, here's the file: Webcam_lens_adapter_v2.stl " | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "Oh sorry! I misunderstood! Here, i've added that too now, but note that I believe I just found a standard m12 on thingiverse and resized it. So the..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| SadiePrego | "Hey @warren the .stl file doesn't look like the 3D printed adapter in ur picture (screenshot below), it looks like it might be the adapter for the ..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| SadiePrego | "thank u @warren! Going to try it out, unfortunately are makerbot doesnt take gcode which is a lil surprising but I guess cause its a newer model " | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| delhinsim | "It's wow! https://www.nsim.in/digital-marketing-course-in-dubai/ " | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "It's this one! https://github.com/publiclab/community-microscope/blob/master/lens-adapter.stl " | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "Oh gosh, well it's not super nice, and i think we may literally just have crudely stretched them to make gcode, but, the original is here: https://..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| SadiePrego | "@bronwen @warren is there any chance these files exist as STL? Thanks! " | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| jenjimah | " Hi Warren, Sure I'd be happy to try to add that in, it's only 2 files that need to be updated after all. However before that, there are a few thin..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| warren | " This is great! Indeed, this is a good approach, although I found that not all computers could use an internet gadget either without drivers, it's ..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| jenjimah | "I did this! Hardware: Raspberry Pi Zero W Software: Raspbian Stretch Lite, Windows 10 (on PC) Connection: USB configured as ethernet device; SSH i..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| jenjimah | " Thanks for the link! I also wasn't able to use the wifi method of connecting so I also connected over usb. I had to follow the whole tutorial from..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| Bronwen | " Oh, wow, I totally missed the mark, that's even cooler. " | Read more » | about 5 years ago |