Hello,
There is now a low magnification USB microscope in the science area hooked up to the main computer.
This tool was loaned by new member Dylan (sorry, I don’t know his last name or forum handle).
Feel free to play with this device (look at various things, etc). or use it to inspect/take pictures of smaller items.
You should be able to plug the device into your own laptop and use it as a camera – please leave it in the Science area, though.
Potential uses:
- Circuit board/solder joint inspection
- Reading text on impossibly small electronic components
- Looking at your own skin and figuring out how porous it really is
- Inspecting leaves/seeds/flowers
- Looking at crystals (salt, sugar, etc.)
- Assembling very small things (the microscope has a stand)
- Live-streaming the lives of protozoa
- Creating a poster-size image of a small everyday object (pennies and feathers work very well) using stitching software
Low magnification microscopes are among my favorite scientific tools/toys.
Oguz Yetkin