Monthly archives: April, 2011

MakerBeam: cheap construction rails

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 thing to…



Test slides

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 without…



iPad Oscilloscope

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, and…



Wireless

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