[Health] $30 microscope

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Mike,
What is the range of powers of magnification and what were you using for the image shown in the photo?
Caryl

> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:14:03 -0500
> From: curiouslee at gmail.com
> To: beth at waveplace.org
> CC: health at lists.laptop.org
> Subject: Re: [Health] $30 microscope
> 
> 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...
> >
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