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USB Microscope Digitally Magnifies at 200x, 1600x1200 Resolution
Posted by Adrian Covert at 5:15 AM on November 5, 2008
We've seen digital microscopes before, but few can claim that they have a 1600x1200 sensor, 200x magnification and 2 GB of free online storage. This £50 device works improves upon last year's 640x480 Microscope Pen from the same company, and lets you take stills or AVI movies.. And the test pics from the microscope don't look half bad (if they're actually real). The USB microscope can be found over at [IWOOT via Geek Alerts].
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r.o.c.k.
Posted 7:37 AM 5/11/08
I'd love to grab one of these if it actually produced quality results, although the ability to record .avi could produce some interesting results.
r.o.c.k.
citizensmith
Posted 7:26 AM 5/11/08
$140 in the US.
Now where is that USB microscope porn site.
citizensmith
purple-pillows
Posted 7:25 AM 5/11/08
wow this is awesome... it kind of takes away from the high school bio class microscope feeling... but this could make computers in the classroom that much more viable
purple-pillows
Odd_Thomas
Posted 7:22 AM 5/11/08
But does it come with a blender?
Odd_Thomas
Hestika
Posted 7:49 AM 5/11/08
@citizensmith: Yeah, the first thing I did was search for a US retailer. That's too damned high, but I want one of these.
Hestika
aec007
Posted 7:47 AM 5/11/08
I bought a cheap Creative web cam for may inlaws 2 years ago.
(This is the newer version [us.creative.com] still $29)
Since they upgraded the laptop which has a webcam I got the old one back to see if I could turn it into a microscope with some lenses...
GUESS What?
Don't need any lenses... the manual focus ring can be adjusted until it focuses in about 1" distance. That is some serious X factor at that distance.
In a PCB board with chips you can only see 3 ~ 4 legs of a chip at most...
If you need to go on the cheap... it sure works and at 1.3 Mpix the image is great.
Hope this helps someone!
:)
aec007
misterwho
Posted 7:47 AM 5/11/08
Hey, not everyone here is that gifted. This will be good for a quick self esteem boost.
misterwho
citizensmith
Posted 7:45 AM 5/11/08
Cancel that, there seem to be very similar looking version for $70 on Amazon
citizensmith
bytepusher
Posted 8:08 AM 5/11/08
Where on amazon? I can find it on amazon.co.uk but not on the .com site.
bytepusher
ravedown
Posted 9:07 AM 5/11/08
i shudder at what the perv's will do with such technology...
ravedown
USB_Humping_Dog
Posted 12:32 PM 5/11/08
@ravedown: If they need a microscope to look at it (whatever it is), then it probably isn't too bad.
USB_Humping_Dog
TerryinSt.Paul
Posted 1:13 PM 5/11/08
@Hestika
I have had one of these for about a year. I got it on ebay for $79 + $18 shipping from china. I bought it to examine coins and it does a great job. Too bad you can't turn off the 4 LEDs.
TerryinSt.Paul
Purple Dave
Posted 7:13 PM 5/11/08
Digital magnification? Hey, MS Paint already has that "feature"...
Purple Dave
TBM-Fan
Posted 2:10 AM 6/11/08
can it also be used to spy on neighbors? cause then it's more valuable then just look for germs :D
TBM-Fan
MclarenF1
Posted 5:14 AM 6/11/08
Now you can see how dirty your keyboard is
MclarenF1
nuggetz
Posted 2:26 PM 6/11/08
Wow, cant wait to throw some sperm under it.
nuggetz
krizazy
Posted 11:03 AM 5/11/08
I don't understand why a microscope wouldn't advertise mac support. Schools might be convinced to buy these things, and schools tend to use macs a great deal.
krizazy