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Nanoscale 3D Printing Renders Tiny Race Car and More

3D printers are changing the world – now on a microscopic scale as well. Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology have perfected printing 3D objects at the nanoscale and it looks like they are having a great time playing with their new toy.…

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March 13th, 2012 by: Conner Flynn

Single Lens Captures Images in 3D

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Up until now, the only ways I knew that you could shoot images in 3D was either with a dual lens camera, with two cameras, or some sort of motion-control rig. But thanks to a new lens technology being developed, we could some day capture full 3-dimensional images with a…

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March 23rd, 2011 by: Technabob

World’s Smallest Periodic Table Fits on a Single Hair

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Happy Birthday, Professor Martyn Poliakoff! Your lab-mates at the University of Nottingham’s Nanotechnology Centre have made you a birthday present.…

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December 21st, 2010 by: Technabob

Microscopic Pac-Man

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Earlier this week, I read about a tiny Pac-Man discovered with an electron microscope. But that was just a random scientific anomaly. Turns out there’s a real microscopic Pac-Man out there, and you can actually play it!

Developed by Japanes design professor Kotoro “dotimpact” Tanaka, the microscopic Pac-Man[JP] uses a…

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October 9th, 2010 by: Technabob

Imicroscope Lets Your iPhone Take Perfect Pics of the Miniature World Around Us

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While I knew for a while that you could use the iPhone’s camera to take really close up pictures of stuff, this is the first time I’ve seen an app that’s designed to help you take high quality scientific images with your iPhone’s camera.

iMicroscope is a new app that…

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January 24th, 2010 by: Technabob

USB Microscope Cam: Play Doctor With Yourself

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This frightening looking gadget from Japan lets you examine every nasty little nook and cranny of yourself and capture on your computer it for prosperity.

Thanko’s USB Microscope Camera features a high-detail digital camera attached to the end of a long LED illuminated tube. Stick the camera on you skin,…

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July 3rd, 2007 by: Technabob

You Too Can be a Crime Scene Investigator

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Ever wanted to play detective? Are magnifying glasses too old school? Well now you too can own the high resolution digital microscope featured on CSI.

The ProScope HR is a USB-connected handheld microscope that can capture images and video at a magnification level of up to 400x depending on the…

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October 10th, 2006 by: Technabob

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