inverting a USB microscope

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inverting a USB microscope

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Might give someone here ideas: PhD student inverts USB scopes and saves £100k (BBC)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30200752
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You can read the original paper here:

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Ad ... ne.0103547

Here is a quote:

"Finally, the cost of assembling our system was approximately £161, whereas a conventional inverted microscope (with camera) retails for approximately £3,250 (Table S1)."

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