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Make a USB Microscope

video Make a USB Microscope

Don't Drop This Episode 02 will show you how to make a Microscope using one old Webcam

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/977880/make_a_usb_microscope/

13 comments

Aug 7, 2010. 8:10 AM

pleabargain says:

None of the vid links work.

Sep 2, 2009. 10:31 AM

Kirbsome! says:

"this video has been removed from metacafe" sigh

Nov 8, 2008. 12:36 AMblackspeed says:

thats cool but i don have 1 old webcam

Oct 19, 2008. 10:36 AMjunits15 says:

thats cool

Dec 18, 2007. 10:53 AMChavez says:

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Dec 16, 2007. 9:01 AM

rimar2000 says:

Very interesting. Congratulations

Dec 15, 2007. 6:59 PM

Tool Using Animal says:

Is this a "one shot"? Can you clean the water off the CCD without killing it? And I guess your magnification is limited to about 50x.

Dec 16, 2007. 12:01 AM

ac1D says:

And I guess your magnification is limited to about 50x. this depend on the webcam..

Dec 16, 2007. 6:52 AM

Tool Using Animal says:

Well it would be easy enough to figure, screen dimension divided by sensor dimension.

Dec 16, 2007. 12:08 AMcarlosbrolotobar (author) says:

Yep, this was a very cheap webcam (320x240 pixels)

Dec 15, 2007. 7:24 PMcarlosbrolotobar (author) says:

No, is not one shot.... the CCD has a protective layer over it.... you can shot and shot the times you want.

Dec 15, 2007. 7:10 PMGorillazMiko says:

this is on instructables about 3 times, but this is still cool

Dec 15, 2007. 7:29 PMcarlosbrolotobar (author) says:

The other instructables ask you for microscopes.... I only use one webcam. :-P

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