Monthly archives: April, 2011

Apr192011April 19, 2011April 19, 20110Commentby L.

MakerBeam: cheap construction rails

Posted in Hardware

A while back Labrigger covered some sources for alternative mechanics. Here’s a new one. MakerBeam is an inexpensive kit of construction rails aka T-slot bars. This would be a great…

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Apr142011April 14, 2011April 14, 20114Commentsby L.

Test slides

Posted in Hardware, Tips

Let me tell you a little story.

The place is the CONFOCALMICROSCOPY listserv.
The time is 1997.

A query asks how to mount fluorescent beads from Molecular Probes in order to image them…

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Apr122011April 12, 2011April 12, 20112Commentsby L.

iPad Oscilloscope

Posted in Hardware

To revisit an earlier post on mini-oscilloscopes, how about an iPad oscilloscope?

It’s not available just yet, but Oscium will soon start selling the iMSO-104, a peripheral add-on for the iPad, iPhone,…

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Apr102011April 10, 2011April 10, 20110Commentby L.

Wireless

Posted in Hardware

I recently returned from my private island in the Maldives. Like most of the inhabited islands, it has no physical links…

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