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+ | <h4><center>Microscopy Awaits</center></h4> | ||
+ | <p>A working set-up of our latest microscope prototype, brightfield and fluorescence modes, fully motorised and video streaming to the webshell. Discussion points:</p> | ||
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+ | <li><p>Importance of illumination, and difficulty with</li></p> | ||
+ | <li><p>Remote control over Webshell</li></p> | ||
+ | <li><p>Epi-cube explanation</li></p> | ||
+ | <li><p>Stage flex-principle demonstration</li></p> | ||
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+ | The entire team was involved, and this allowed members of other teams to chat and ask questions at all three stations while the equipment was being run. | ||
The level of enthusiasm from other team members was extremely encouraging, and we were very surprised by the number of questions about the hardware track in general. We hope that as a result of our worksop, some teams may consider it for next year’s competition. | The level of enthusiasm from other team members was extremely encouraging, and we were very surprised by the number of questions about the hardware track in general. We hope that as a result of our worksop, some teams may consider it for next year’s competition. | ||
<br>Perhaps one of the most important outcomes of the workshop was in raising awareness of the role of open source hardware (OSH). We emphasised the degree of collaboration and community that it fosters, in the context of our own project. Underlying this is the ability of other iGEM teams to build, modify and improve our microscope in the spirit of OSH and the competition. We invited and encouraged other team members to look at our designs, tinker with them and think about how they might alter them to fit their specific needs. | <br>Perhaps one of the most important outcomes of the workshop was in raising awareness of the role of open source hardware (OSH). We emphasised the degree of collaboration and community that it fosters, in the context of our own project. Underlying this is the ability of other iGEM teams to build, modify and improve our microscope in the spirit of OSH and the competition. We invited and encouraged other team members to look at our designs, tinker with them and think about how they might alter them to fit their specific needs. |
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