Soda as a dietary supplement Last year I signed up for Arivale’s beta program. They’re attempting to quantify participants’ state of health through DNA sequencing, gut microbiome sequencing, FitBit tracking, interviews, 2016-05-05 science
AmScope upgrades I designed a 3D-printable eyepiece holder that mates a Raspberry Pi camera to a popular inexpensive stereo inspection scope. This lets me send 5MP images from my AmScope straight t 2016-04-23 microscopy
Happiness is an aligned electron beam Back in business. What should I look at next?<img decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” class=”aligncenter size-large wp-image-1557” src=”uploads/2015/12/pollen-annotat 2015-12-18 microscopy #SEM #Milly
SEM back online A couple of months ago, Milly started having beam issues. At the time it seemed like emitter trouble. New emitter modules run about $3k, so I took the opportunity to look into manufacturing 2015-11-30 microscopy #SEM #Milly
Cheap digital optical microscope I recently picked up an AmScope SE400Z inspection scope. It’s a handy desktop microscope that sells for under $200. The large area under the objective lens leaves plenty of room to work, and the 10-20 2015-11-11 microscopy
Etching tungsten Electroetching a recrystallized tungsten wire in 2.5 molar sodium hydroxide solution. The cathode is a hunk of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite. I’m doing a couple of test etches. If all goes well, o 2015-10-11 chemistry
Who needs overhead lights? …when you’ve got tungsten to recrystalize? 2015-10-10 electricity > microscopy