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It has been possible to buy pretty nice handheld Raman spectrometers for a while now: https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/infrared-and-raman/raman

by pjs_ 2y ago

It has been possible to buy pretty nice handheld Raman spectrometers for a while now: https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/infrared-and-raman/raman-spectrometers/bravo-handheld-raman-spectrometer.html https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/infrared-an... This paper is obviously trying to go much further. But if you just want to buy a tricorder, you can

multimoon 2y ago
I was unable to find a specific price for the model you linked in my few seconds of looking but these devices generally run in the $10,000 USD range, so I don’t think it’s achieved the “if you just want to buy it” territory yet.
- pjs_ 2y ago
  Good point. You have to ask yourself — would you rather have a '97 Camry or a raman spectrometer and a pushbike ;) That said this is getting into Christmas present territory: https://www.ebay.com/itm/167319991806?_skw=handheld+raman+spectrometer&itmmeta=01JNRXQZS1PV1H21AA6Y9JC9BP&hash=item26f50c75fe:g:UdMAAeSwzzxnsgoI&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA4FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1c0S2r6vWQekNUve29kO0Hym%2F31TP8hIMHMu2UoRpudsb03ZrgSbf4jz2d2k67HxvUyk2TvoWfWKbJcd14lGSSo2eoZ1gcxMJQgnEe%2FjL7DTN2uuB2dVVU9VYl6M6Tki25FZgJhzs42xGvaSf4U0ZDNOF0aztlRRVOa6B6WJ8yyOQd5J8kt%2BEPH%2FAe48dKdNbcMBSc5lEer9l1oeyqYb4K%2Ftf27%2F2AZURCkB3ed%2BkKjdMam5NQzebnReLAt5Iw51V1Xmn5X3opDuMy3kB7Z1Bjz%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9j8352uZQ https://www.ebay.com/itm/167319991806?_skw=handheld+raman+sp...
  - throwup238 2y ago
    I love the juxtaposition of thinking a ‘97 Camry is anywhere close to $10k while at the same time a $3k piece of lab equipment is “Christmas present territory” :) It’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost? Ten dollars?
    - Loughla 2y ago
      It is genuinely disheartening when people in this board start talking about things they buy when they're WILDLY out of my price range. It's almost like living in a flyover state and working in education isn't optimal for income. Weird.
      - genewitch 2y ago
        I'm an IT that has ethics, so I haven't made good money, ever. Choosing not to harm, or, in your case, actively doing the opposite, I guess we'll just have to live with being able to sleep.
    - pjs_ 2y ago
      Dude I have three thousand dollars net total in my bank account. I don't own a car or a house, don't have kids etc. I literally used to co-own 97 camry with bees in the trunk. I paid about $2500 for it. Hence why I say it costs the about the same as the spectrometer on eBay. $2500 is about $3000. However you and I both know that there are people all over this board who buy their kids macbooks for christmas
      - deleted 2y ago
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      - LoganDark 2y ago
        > there are people all over this board who buy their kids macbooks for christmas Kids? I bought a MacBook Air for an internet friend of around 2 months because I was so offended by the fact that they didn't own a good computer. My performance standards are higher for myself of course, but the goal was just to get them any form of macOS. (They did in fact end up liking it a lot better than Windows)
        Auracle 2y ago
        Hey, it’s me - your new friend. I too am without a MacBook. Woe.

by pjs_ 2y ago

multimoon 2y ago

I was unable to find a specific price for the model you linked in my few seconds of looking but these devices generally run in the $10,000 USD range, so I don’t think it’s achieved the “if you just want to buy it” territory yet.

pjs_ 2y ago
Good point. You have to ask yourself — would you rather have a '97 Camry or a raman spectrometer and a pushbike ;) That said this is getting into Christmas present territory: https://www.ebay.com/itm/167319991806?_skw=handheld+raman+spectrometer&itmmeta=01JNRXQZS1PV1H21AA6Y9JC9BP&hash=item26f50c75fe:g:UdMAAeSwzzxnsgoI&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA4FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1c0S2r6vWQekNUve29kO0Hym%2F31TP8hIMHMu2UoRpudsb03ZrgSbf4jz2d2k67HxvUyk2TvoWfWKbJcd14lGSSo2eoZ1gcxMJQgnEe%2FjL7DTN2uuB2dVVU9VYl6M6Tki25FZgJhzs42xGvaSf4U0ZDNOF0aztlRRVOa6B6WJ8yyOQd5J8kt%2BEPH%2FAe48dKdNbcMBSc5lEer9l1oeyqYb4K%2Ftf27%2F2AZURCkB3ed%2BkKjdMam5NQzebnReLAt5Iw51V1Xmn5X3opDuMy3kB7Z1Bjz%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9j8352uZQ https://www.ebay.com/itm/167319991806?_skw=handheld+raman+sp...
- throwup238 2y ago
  I love the juxtaposition of thinking a ‘97 Camry is anywhere close to $10k while at the same time a $3k piece of lab equipment is “Christmas present territory” :) It’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost? Ten dollars?
  - Loughla 2y ago
    It is genuinely disheartening when people in this board start talking about things they buy when they're WILDLY out of my price range. It's almost like living in a flyover state and working in education isn't optimal for income. Weird.
    - genewitch 2y ago
      I'm an IT that has ethics, so I haven't made good money, ever. Choosing not to harm, or, in your case, actively doing the opposite, I guess we'll just have to live with being able to sleep.
  - pjs_ 2y ago
    Dude I have three thousand dollars net total in my bank account. I don't own a car or a house, don't have kids etc. I literally used to co-own 97 camry with bees in the trunk. I paid about $2500 for it. Hence why I say it costs the about the same as the spectrometer on eBay. $2500 is about $3000. However you and I both know that there are people all over this board who buy their kids macbooks for christmas
    - deleted 2y ago
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    - LoganDark 2y ago
      > there are people all over this board who buy their kids macbooks for christmas Kids? I bought a MacBook Air for an internet friend of around 2 months because I was so offended by the fact that they didn't own a good computer. My performance standards are higher for myself of course, but the goal was just to get them any form of macOS. (They did in fact end up liking it a lot better than Windows)
      - Auracle 2y ago
        Hey, it’s me - your new friend. I too am without a MacBook. Woe.