[IAEP] Need to find usb Microscope under $50 for XO

2011-02-10 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi All... Has anyone tried an Intel Play QX3 Digital Computer Mocroscope like this one on an XO? http://bit.ly/eu1iPh It is mentioned in this very old link: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/etoys/2006-October/000158.html It is no longer manufactured, but there are some available at ebay

Re: [IAEP] Need to find usb Microscope under $50 for XO

2011-02-10 Thread forster
Caryl explore features for the water/health lessons some of us are working on for Haiti. You can also use the XO to measure salinity http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/TurtleArt/Using_Turtle_Art_Sensors#Measuring_Water_Salinity Has anyone else used one with an XO? If so, what kind?

Re: [IAEP] Need to find usb Microscope under $50 for XO

2011-02-10 Thread Caroline Meeks
Caryl, Intel sold the microscope to Digital Blue: http://store.digiblue.com/Digital_Blue_s/27.htm http://store.digiblue.com/QX5_Computer_Microscope_for_PC_p/db12013.htm But I don't think they are actually manufacturing them. I worked on a project to make an educational website that went with

Re: [IAEP] Need to find usb Microscope under $50 for XO

2011-02-10 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:11, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi All... Has anyone tried an Intel Play QX3 Digital Computer Mocroscope like this one on an XO? Does anybody know how Mary Lou Jepsen fitted plastic lenses to an XO and used it as a microscope? Aha! here it is.

Re: [IAEP] Need to find usb Microscope under $50 for XO

2011-02-10 Thread forster
Just a single convex lens of short focal length gives impressive results http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/TurtleArt/Using_Turtle_Art_Sensors#Microscope Tony Does anybody know how Mary Lou Jepsen fitted plastic lenses to an XO and used it as a microscope? Aha! here it is.