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Microscopy With A Film Scanner

Posted by timothy on from the that's-a-feature-on-a-bug dept.

NickFitz writes "If you've got a film scanner lying around, this site shows you how to use it as a microscope. "Your monitor displays images at about 70-90 dpi, so taking the example of my Mac monitor at about 75 dpi, we get a magnification of 4000/75 which is about x53. It's not a lot and isn't going to show the likes of blood cells, but it should give an interesting view of small transparent objects." Did you know that bees wings are hairy?"

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  1. bees wings are hairy? by Havokmon · · Score: 5, Funny
    That's just European bees. American bees wax.

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  2. Re:My Results by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    The wings are not the hairiest thing on a bee.

    True, but have you ever tried to spread those little legs?

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