Light field imaging

Light field imaging is a very interesting approach to imaging. The idea is to use an array of microlenses in order to capture light coming from many different angles. By storing this data, it…



Movshon-Seung debate on youtube

The Movshon-Seung debate on what priority connectomics should be is now on YouTube.

EDIT: New link. Last one went private.



Guide to neuroscientists



Microbehunter

Oliver Kim puts out a nice magazine called Microbehunter. It’s a great resource for microscope nerds. I’ve listed a few blog articles below, but actually, the full PDF issues are where most of…



New open access journal: get paid to review

Springer is starting a new open access journal called “Scio Cell Biology”. It’s intended to be the first of what they hope will be a whole family of “Scio”-branded journals. They’re a gold…



Online streaming of Movshon-Seung debate

Sebastian Seung has a new book out, and to promote it he’s having a debate with Tony Movshon. The event sold out in less than two hours. So they added a…



Flyer seen in the physics building



Numberfactory: extremely useful reference

Numberfactory is a very useful, clean reference site. Unit conversions, formulas, bolts, nuts, screws, and more.

More…
Bolt sizes



Axial resolution and numerical aperture, part II

To recap the previous post on axial resolution and numerical aperture in two-photon microscopy:

For excitation deep in scattering tissue, higher NA can actually be detrimental because the light cone…



Axial resolution vs numerical aperture

Recently, microscope manufacturers have been releasing ever higher NA objectives for multiphoton imaging. Although higher NA objectives should give better axial resolution, they might not be ideal for imaging deep into…



Wire gauge frequency ratings

As previously noted, homemade cables are to be avoided. However, stock cables are not always up to spec. For example, if one wants to drive stepper motors using a…



Multimeters with IR temp

I thought I needed a $30 multimeter. But then I saw that for just a few bucks more I could get some more features. This process repeated itself until I ended up buying …



3D Printed iPhone-to-Eyepiece adapters

Thanks go to commenter ybot for this one. They pointed out this handy iPhone-to-Microscope mount iPhone case.

From the pictures, it looks like the prototype was printed on a Makerbot, which isn’t terribly…



CircuitLab: Google Docs for circuits

CircuitLab is an online circuit design tool. This is my new favorite way to jot down circuits. The interface is clean and simple and even has some test/simulation facilities. It also has a…



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