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> I've built several scopes by hand and looked at various projects It would be cool to see comparison between such DIY microscopes. JFTR, IBM rolled out own v
by app4soft 7y ago
> I've built several scopes by hand and looked at various projects
It would be cool to see comparison between such DIY microscopes.
JFTR, IBM rolled out own version of "low-cost" (~ $300) DIY motorized microscope based on Lego + RPi.[0]
[0] https://github.com/IBM/MicroscoPy https://github.com/IBM/MicroscoPy
- dekhn 7y agoThe problem is that so few people do this, and needs are so specialized, that head-to-head comparisons are really hard. I never understand why people build things like this out of legos. They really not a good substrate for microscope parts. I know it's fun and they're easy to get, but the other parts of the scope are so demanding that you might as well go the full way and design/print 3D plastic (solid body) or use aluminum.
- app4soft 7y ago> I never understand why people build things like this out of legos. Think, Lego chosen because it is really good for prototyping & and widely used for education. And according such projects like MicroscoPy (or any other Lego-based project) main target is not create "production ready thing", but instead learn how things could be invented using basic building blocks.