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The touch-screen Olympus Opto-Digital Microscope, a researcher’s dream come true!
Putting a microscope and a touch-screen monitor together has never really been thought of before and as an industry first, Olympus unveiled the Opto-Digital Microscope DSX Series in Japan recently. All you need to do is place the sample on the given stage after which, the touchscreen can be used for focusing, changing the magnification…
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Nikon announces two new innovative series of microscopes for biological research
Nikon today announced two new innovative series of microscopes: the ECLIPSE Ni series for biological research with advanced system expandability,superior optical performance and ease of use ; and the ECLIPSE Ci series biological laboratory microscope designed to deliver comfort and “durability. In the current Eclipse series, Nikon adopted the “fly-eye” lens array built into the…
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Zoomy takes microscopes out of labs
Microscopes have started going the digital way sometime back now. What they haven’t really explored is, going portable with improved handheld ergonomics and more. The Zoomy microscope does just that, with magnification of objects up to 53 times their original view from the naked eye. It’s easy to use and hence a good home science…
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Life-sized Multitouch Based Microscope Hailed as ‘iPad-on-Steroids’
I don’t know about you but I have been long looking for a breather amid the tablet and smartphone extravaganza and this newest advancement in microscopes did give me one. The research folks from the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland joined hands with Finnish company Multitouch Ltd to develop a king-size Multitouch microscope that will…
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Hitachi Celebrate Their Centenary With a Life Microscope
To celebrate their 100th birthday, Hitachi is presenting us with: Life Microscope, a gadget to make us feel guilty about our stagnant daily lives. Life Microscope is like a pedometer for your wrist. It records every single movement you make, or fail to, throughout the day. Hitachi claims the gadget can accurately differentiate between the…
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Sanyo USB microscope
Sanyo Japan has announced the EEA-MAN1011 a digital USB microscope. Armed with a 2 Megapixel CMOS sensor it can magnify an object upto 150 times. The bundled software allows you to capture images, adjust magnification, shutter speed and LED lamp. Compatible with Windows only the microscope is available in Japan for 12,550 Yen ($ 140).
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Thanko’s USB Microscope Camera can help you know your cavities better
You cannot really get over the fact that those little monsters they show in toothpaste commercials are actually residing in our grinders. Especially the ones that show them gnawing into your enamel and crumbling your dental architecture, one tooth at a time. This cool camera from Thanko can get you the answers of that these…
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Microscope with X-ray vision
German scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München have found a way to see what’s in side an organism. The team led by Dr. Vasilis Ntziachristos created a technique to form 3-D images of relatively large and thick organisms. To achieve this, the organism is first injected with a dye and scanned using a laser. This dye…
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Titan 80-300 Cubed – The microscope that makes tiny structures look like mountain ranges
Canada’s McMaster University has received a stunning new piece of equipment – the world’s most powerful electron microscope. The Titan 80-300 Cubed microscope was built in the Netherlands and has been installed in the new Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy, at the university in Hamilton. With this microscope, scientists can now easily identify atoms, measure…
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The CellScope turns a camaraphone into a microscope
By simply attaching the CellScope you can turn a camera-enabled mobile phone to a microscope. A research team at UC Berkeley is working on building the technology that will allow anyone to diagnose malaria with this special microscope. The CellScope, still in its prototyping phase but the likes of Microsoft and Nokia have shown interest…
