I hate correction collars, and tend to avoid using them. But maybe I would make use of them more if I could control the collar setting with Micro-Manager. Check it out. *Post-edit: Just a week after writing this I came upon an experiment where using a collar was the difference between pristine data and no […]
Tag: 3D Printing
Dremelfuge – Surprisingly Powerful Small Centrifuges from Power Tools
You can 3D print or Buy adapters for Dremel power tools to centrifuge 1.5 ml eppendorf tubes. This isn’t a little replacement to those mini pop-top centrifuges that ponder around at 10,000 rpm and only give around 5,000 g, oh no. Dremelfuges can hit 33,000 RPM and upwards of 51,000 g. If 3D printing is […]
Tiny Florescence Microscopy
Check out this 3D printable florescence microscope with filter wheel, digital acquisition, and temperature control! All for less than half a grand. Dr. Peter Foster recently made one of these himself so we have at least one solid positive user experience with the device. However Peter says he took a shortcut with the illumination LED […]
A Library for Cheap Optics
Need some equipment to hold and align your fancy optical components? Consider 3D printing some components from a Thingiverses’ Open Source Optics library made by Joshua Pearce. This is particularly worth it for something like a filter wheel! Check out this table from an article by Chenlong Zhang, Nicholas Anzalone, Rodrigo Faria, and Joshua Pearce […]