Imaging, Microscopy and More
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Chemistry makes life safer and easier…again!
This company is marketing what they call a “Super-Hydrophobic” compound. My interest is related to how this may repel ice on the Cessna. Ice is a serious concern for small piston aircraft operators like me. When the weather is bad we are required to fly high enough to use ground based radio navigation systems. This…
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The Olympus Saga Continues
Reuters is reporting that ongoing arrests related to some Board of Director Members could take weeks. It’s yet to be seen how the shakeup at the top and the corresponding valuation changes will affect the company’s microscopy division.
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NASA Timelapse from ISS
This is amazing. These were taken using a high sensitivity camera developed for the mission. Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.
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Site Changes
I hope you like the updated site theme and menu structure! I still need to fill in a lot of the menu structure, but I’m trying to make it easier to browse tutorial-related posts vs. random news and observations. Please let me know what you’d like to see on the site, or add a comment…
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Using Image Analysis on H&E Slides
This is a tough problem to solve: How does one analyze quantity of stain on an H&E slide? The fundamental problem with conventional thresholding has to do with the tool function vs. the expression of the stains. Any threshold tool one can use with a visual interface, will effectively give you a block of intensities…
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WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND THE UCSF/QB3 Microscopy Course
Over the course of my career, I’ve flown across the US to attend a variety of imaging related instructional courses, all on the eastern seaboard. We are all familiar with the Woods Hole courses, the AQLM course, and so forth. What has boggled my mind is that here I am in the SF Bay area,…
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The CNC Machine is done!
So after 6 months of watching the guys at mydiycnc complete their manual, and roughly 4 months of building, I’m happy to post that I’ve finished the machine. I’ve written an extensive post on the last few days of building, on the build log here. I couldn’t have completed this project without the major…
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Google Barrel Roll?
Sorry posting has been light – busy busy, and I have a lot of fun stuff and news to post as soon as time allows. In the meantime try this: Goto www.google.com in any browser EXCEPT IE, and type “do a barrel roll”. it’s a nice easter egg in google….:-) -Austin
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Precautions on motorized focus systems and nosepieces on inverted microscope
Again today I had the distinct horror of knowing that – should I follow “established procedure” while working on a scope, I would damage the prime lens of the objective in use. In this case the cause was simple: Many microscopes use an “in focus” and “escape” positioning method to focus objectives. This is used…
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What’s next for Olympus?
I’ve been watching reports like this for the past week with interest. I guess we’ll have to just wait and see how this unfolds, right now I think it’s too early to know what the truth really is. -Austin