Homemade microscope using web cam and a CD-ROM lens

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Homemade microscope using web cam and a CD-ROM lens

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A clever Maker used a CD-ROM lens on a web camera to make a DIY digital microscope – Link & translated page.

Related:

  • QX5 Computer Microscope – Link.
  • Turn a Mac into a microscope on the cheap – Link.
  • The Paper Microscope – Link.
  • 3D Video microscope – Link.
  • Build your own digital microscope – Link.
  • HOW TO – Build a simple scanning tunneling microscope … – Link.

2 thoughts on “Homemade microscope using web cam and a CD-ROM lens

  1. ron says:

    most of these links are dead… :(

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