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| Reallygeek | "there's government sources, like parks and recreations, forestry services, national park stuff that's free to the public. There's also local unive..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Good luck! And please do post it as an activity once you do - folks would love to see this step by step with some photos and such! " | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| Flameytail | "i have not done the experement yet- but a detailed pre writen procedure is due on december 1st tommorow " | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| zengirl2 | "TY for this answer. I'm giving out copper strips at the Factory Farm Summit and hopefully people will be able to share results with us! " | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| gretchengehrke | "Hi @warren, "miscible" means it dissolves with them to create a homogenous mixture (i.e. doesn't separate out like oil and water do). Acetone is a ..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, Gretchen, what does "miscible with water and with oil" mean? Is it related to what @matej and others learned about the ability to dissolve oil ..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| gretchengehrke | "@Zengirl2, I think for the best results you'll want to use acetone, which is easy to find online and in a lot of drug stores and art stores (and ma..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "This looks very cool! Have you taken photos of these steps, or might you? We would love to feature this as an activity if you can illustrate at lea..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| omarormachea | "You can visit the following page: http://www.upb.edu/en/contenido/smartphone-spectrometer Here is a free software, the description of how to asse..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| ICSK | "There was no setup. I struggled to get a reading with a fluorite from the Rogerley Mine. This specimen is incredibly bright. The issue probably lie..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, what does your setup look like? Can you upload a photo of how you're arranging the light and the samples? I've gotten plenty of light while us..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| ICSK | "For anyone wishing to know in the future this kit is not adequate for this task. I purchased the Desktop Spectrometry 3.0 Kit after not receiving a..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| nshapiro | "Thanks so much, Jeff! I think we know that there are many many pain points. Here we have collected some of them https://github.com/publiclab/SmART-..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, Nick - we've been starting to organize some user interface design materials and techniques on https://publiclab.org/wiki/ui, mostly focused on ..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "@azaelb posted this a while back -- needs more pictures, but looks pretty successful, and there's follow-up on image processing too: https://public..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| JSummers | "Hi, I just checked the software with Windows 10 and it seems to work fine. When I click the "save_run" button it opens a dialog box that allows yo..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| stevie | " @JSummers -Wondering if you could help answer this question? " | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "That's a good question about the DVD plastic fluorescing. I don't know of anyone who has raised that question about the Public Lab spectrometers. I..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi! Here's a good place to post questions about fluorescence: https://publiclab.org/wiki/oil-testing-kit#Questions Or, just at https://publiclab.o..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, there's been a lot of work on fluorescence and there's still a lot to do -- you can read up at #fluorescence - and on this page: https://publi..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| ICSK | "Does the diffraction slit that is offered also fluoresce? Any other thing I might not be thinking of for measuring fluorescent responses? Only par..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| Bronwen | "You can find instructions for getting started with assembly of the desktop unit here: https://publiclab.org/notes/abdul/10-13-2016/desktop-spectrom..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi! There is a lot of support, Q&A, troubleshooting and activities at this page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/desktop-spectrometry-kit-3-0 And ..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Hi @edugil The rule of thumb I've used in the past is if the wind is over 10mph, go for a kite! check out these wiki pages: - https://publiclab.org..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago |