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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| stevie | "This is so great. I don't even have one in front of me, and I can follow along. Nice work! if you're switching out the objectives, do you have tho..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| cedarlodge | "It would use the USB port. The zero is wired to draw power through it as well as data. I've just enabled it on the Pi zero i'm using at work. You ..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "OMG I know what you mean, @wmacfarl and I have been talking about how one tiny thing can ruin your whole day when working with Raspberry Pis. And I..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| cedarlodge | "Have got it to work before in a pi zero (no WiFi). Key thing is to make sure the micro usb you use is also a data cable. That’s one very frustratin..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Awesome, thanks! yes, alcohol is surprising! " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| dcanprdn | "I do not know, but anything would be an improvement; just apply the oil (a bubble connecting slide through air to lens surface) and check the detai..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Wow, thanks! So how close is actually helpful? I found a list of household oils and refractive indices and mineral oil is around 1.47-1.48 -- would..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| dcanprdn | "Glass apparently has a refractive index of ~ 1.5 while air is 1.0. This means that light velocity is slower in glass. When light from a sample s..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Oh, great idea! Thanks! Also @stevie is not in right now but we can check with her too. Thanks!!! " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| amirberAgain | "@warren, I get that, this really is a short time and would be great to talk about doing so at some other opportunity. I commented to @ag8n 's post...." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Note these prior questions related to this one: https://publiclab.org/notes/mathew/10-07-2016/sizing-images-at-portland-science-hackday And this,..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "This blog is by someone who works for an energy company, helping to mine frac sand, and publishes a book called "Finding Frac Sand" -- yikes. The ..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "TXSharon posted this note about photographs of sand dust from a sandbox: http://www.texassharon.com/2012/07/31/take-this-nice-fracking-sand-for-yo..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Thanks, @amirberAgain - i think the event might be a bit tight on time but we should try to get a follow-up e-meeting for the images we take during..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| amirberAgain | "Do you want to schedule an e-meeting for image analysis as part of this event? " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| Bronwen | "I just came across a page for this 3D printable smartphone microscope from the Centre for Nanoscale Biophotonics, which seems like an interesting a..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Here's what I think the parts list would look like with links to what we're testing out: https://publiclab.org/wiki/basic-microscope#Example+parts+..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Hi! I think the kit would only need one of those lights, I'm not sure what the rest of the kit would need from that list. perhaps some of them (imm..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| asnow | "For @stevie @partsandcrafts Which parts listed in the spreadsheet Jeff linked are essential to a prototyping kit? 16GB SD card - would a smaller si..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "@partsandcrafts -- is the oil absolutely required? Like, is it possible to skip this if you don't need the extra... awesomeness? @wmacfarl @kgradow..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Lots of dense info on this here, but I'm not sure for a given lens if you can just add oil or not? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_immersion " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi @Holger -- actually that would be super to see them -- we're particularly interested in the lego one, but any of your microscope projects would ..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| Holger | "Hi there, my apologies, but I have not been here for a while. If you like, any of my projects published on instructables could be reposted as activ..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
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