[Health] $30 microscope

[Mike Lee]

Hi all,

I ordered this Digimicro 1.3mp USB microscope and it arrived from
China today. I was able to pretty easily get it running on an XO-1.5
in Gnome. Photos and details here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/5188951606/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/5188951710/in/photostream/

Here's the reference I used for the installation:
http://www.stealthcopter.com/blog/2010/03/digimicro-200x-zooming-usb-digital-microscope-in-ubuntu-linux/

Mike



On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Beth Santos <beth at waveplace.org> wrote:
> Interesting microscope I found via Woot! today:
>
> http://www.suntekstore.com/1-3-mega-pixel-led-usb-digital-microscope-video-camera-10x__-230x-.html?&utm_source=woot&utm_medium=paid&utm_content=deals&utm_campaign=s0003
>
> For less than a solar panel you could be sending one or more of these out
> with every deployment...
>
> Beth
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