she is amazing
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Monday, October 14, 2013
Amazing science
http://www.buzzfeed.com/kellyoakes/32-mesmerising-gifs-that-will-make-you-fall-in-love-with-sci
My favourite is the ping pong balls with liquid nitrogen!
My favourite is the ping pong balls with liquid nitrogen!
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Secrets of the Human Brain
The workings of the brain. Brain stem is the most primitive, followed by the cerebellum, hippocampus, amygdala, with the brain cortex as the most developed in humans. Frontal cortex, temporal cortex, occipital cortex, From studying fear in SEAL(Combat Soldiers), to pleasure(dopamine release during orgasm, excitement, anticipation), to conscience(which is the ability of the panic or fear button in amygdala to communicate with the frontal lobe of the neocortex), memory(neminism, 30second memory), medium(pyschic power) to harnessing the electrical signals for new technology.
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Webcam turned Microscope Zebrafish imaging
These are the steps I have taken to turn the webcam into a microscope.
In summary, the lens holder is removed and the lens are inverted to turn the webcam into a microscope!
These are step-by-step instructions on how to turn your webcam into a microscope!
The time has come to test your microscope!
Install the driver for the webcam and connect via usb to your computer.
With some newly hatched zebrafish, I looked at them under the microscope. As I did not have a stand for the microscope or the sample, the images are pretty blur.
In summary, the lens holder is removed and the lens are inverted to turn the webcam into a microscope!
These are step-by-step instructions on how to turn your webcam into a microscope!
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Webcam taken from Silicon Straits from William Hooi. |
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Remove the clip by sliding the spring to the side and pull it out from the other side. |
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Clipper detached from the webcam |
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Unscrew the covers |
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Everything falls apart |
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Remove the silver cover and you can see the lens attached to the microcontroller. |
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Remove the lens from the lens holder |
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Unscrew the lens holder from the microcontroller board. |
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Invert the lens and put it back. The lens holder has to be removed as it cannot accommodate the inverted lens. |
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Put back the covers and screw them back. Tadah. Webcam is turned into microscope. |
The time has come to test your microscope!
Install the driver for the webcam and connect via usb to your computer.
With some newly hatched zebrafish, I looked at them under the microscope. As I did not have a stand for the microscope or the sample, the images are pretty blur.
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