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Build Your Own Scanning Tunneling Microscope
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...)'"
This is a dupe.
bizzatch
The episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where Wesley accidentally releases some nanites was an inspiration to me growing up.
Think about it, a microscope like this could help these evildoers build nastier explosives and strap onto homocide bombers.
I hope these guys know the potential consequences of this.
can't you people search before your repost crap?
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But Does it Run Lunix?
But Does it Run Lunix?
BUT DOES IT RUN LINUXXXX?!?!?11on1one
ZE GERMANS! ZE GERMANS!
We must stop the crazy fucks with their tunnel microshpope technologie!!!1111
John D. Alexander, the inventor of the disk scanner
Ze actual inventor of teh disk scanner was the baron herr von disk1!!!!1111111111
OSI talks a lot about including open software in the commercial world.
Closing free software to commercial entities is an idea roundly rejected by modern free software thinkers.
should have landed a few minutes ago - cant find any news.
try { do() || do_not(); } catch (JediException err) { yoda(err); }
Forget STM, I just want a microscope to play with.
I have a QX3+ toy microscope. You plug it in to USB. I have heard that Linux can talk to it like any other USB camera (this one just happens to be built into a microscope) so I'm going to give that a go.
But what I really want is a microscope like the ones I used in biology classes, not a plastic toy. I want little knobs that move the stage around, rather than pushing the slide with my fingers. And I want a really high resolution camera.
eBay is probably a good place to find an affordable microscope; it could be used and I wouldn't care. But I have no idea how to tell which one is a good deal (I'm a computer geek, not a microscope geek). Any advice on what brand or model of microscope? And any advice on what sort of camera mount I could get?
Instead of a USB web cam, I'm thinking I should use a nice digital camera, such as a Nikon Coolpix 990. But I'm worried it would be top-heavy and would tip over easily. So pointers to a lightweight camera that can be attached to a microscope would also be welcome.
steveha
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Controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory clelebrated Saturday night after receiving confirmation that the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit had landed successfully on Mars. Signals from the spacecraft's UHF antenna indicated the spacecraft had rolled to a stop right side up, simplifying the deployment procedures.
The descent appeared to go as planned. About 90 minutes before landing the spacecraft rotated so that its heat shield was forward in anticipation of the high temperatures Spirit would experience on entry. Tones from the spacecraft later indicated that its cruise stage had separated as planned, and that the heat shield separation and parachute deployment were normal.
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