[Health] $30 microscope

[Mike Lee]

[Copying everyone.]

I haven't tried this with the new 10.1.3. But before that, it didn't
work on the XO-1 without having to get into kernal hacking. Paul Fox
confirmed that they are looking into adding support. I don't know if
they have.

I bought my Digimicro from DealExtreme for $31.10. The catch is they
ship from Hong Kong (as I recall). It took 3-4 weeks to get the
'scope.


http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11743


Mike



On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Cherry Withers <cwithers at ekindling.org> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I just ordered mine from Amazon. But we were discussing this on our
> Squeakland meeting today
> and wondering if you've tried this on the XO 1.0 as well and if you've tried
> other brands?
> The Digimicro is hovering around $37-$45 at Amazon (without shipping and
> tax). Where have you found
> them for $30?
>
> Thank you for your help!
> --Cherry
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Mike Lee <curiouslee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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