Imaging, Microscopy and More

You can read about it on my build log here. Feel free to email me on where to find supplies for one of these cookies. They are readily available if you know where to look! -Austin  

This work hasn’t yet been published in a journal from what I can find, but the preliminary results are interesting… Faster than Light Neutrinos?  

This is an excellent idea as a marking aid for cancerous areas. Hopefully it’ll expand to more cancer types. Now if one could couple this to a 3-D scanning system which used a laser cutter…      

This is just cool from a Star Wars geek point of view.   Of course I have to link to this clip from Start Wars IV. Probably one of my most favorite clips ever… httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEUGF3NGbPg  

I recently discovered through the EverydayScientist  that those cool powerful green laser pointers we all like to play with may be putting out IR on the same line! A study performed by the NIST found that some of the commonly sold green lasers on sites like ebay may have their IR blocking filter removed, which…

If you stitch large images, you’ve likely seen the “Image will be Loaded Progressively” message when loading a stitched file which has a size greater then the computer’s available memory. Why do stitched images have size limits, whereas stack files, or standard ND2 site acquired files don’t? The answer is file paging. Basically, as you…

Researchers’ Night in Europe

I want one!   -Austin  

Windows 7  x64 has been officially on the market for 2 years as of this month. In that time almost every device manufacturer has added support via x64 drivers. Of course, as I say this, there are a few notable hold-outs, so before you assume these companies are up with the times, it’s prudent to…

Normally I don’t post things like this, but I had the opportunity to watch a rare P38 lightning fly at my local California Capital Airshow. The P-38 was a magnificent aircraft, and one of only a few twin engine fighters in WWII. The pilot could use the dual engines to an advantage, by adjusting power…