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Build Your Own Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Posted by michael on from the puts-other-build-your-own-stories-to-shame dept.

I don't want to spen writes "For all you fans of nanotech out there, a friend just posted me a link to instructions for building a scanning tunnelling microscope, from the University of Muenster. Interestingly, their licensing terms sound open source-ish to me: '(... We grant everybody the right to construct the microscope using the here-published design for private or educational purposes. On these web pages all necessary diagrams, drawings, material descriptions and software-source-codes are published for free access. While granting the right to build the microscope we make it mandatory that new developments, improvements or other applications of our design are also made openly available for private or educational purposes...)'"

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  1. omg! by niko9 · · Score: 4, Funny

    A hardware desging, in the GPL style, released to man for his education and enlightenment?

    You mean this is not like, say for a example, some greedy physician who comes up with a slightly different way of suturing someone with existing tools, patenting said technique, and then demanding worldwide royalties????

    The end is near! /faints/

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  2. Sad face? by Polyphemis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Interestingly, their licensing terms sound open source-ish to me: '(

    heh, did anyone else quickly glance at that and think he was making a sad crying face because it sounded open source?

    "Uh oh! It sounds like open source! :'("

  3. Re:Srpechten de German? by Slowping · · Score: 4, Funny

    ACHTUNG! ALLES LOOKENSPEEPERS!

    Alles touristen und non-technischen looken peepers!
    Das computermachine ist nicht fuer gefingerpoken und mittengrabben.
    Ist easy schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und poppencorken
    mit spitzensparken. Ist nicht fuer gewerken bei das dumpkopfen.
    Das rubbernecken sichtseeren keepen das cotten-pickenen hans in das
    pockets muss; relaxen und watchen das blinkenlichten.

    couldn't help myself

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    *beware the cute-bunny virus
  4. Re:I'm just curious... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    See if those penis enlargement pills are working.