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UCL students build low-cost, Arduino-powered, Lego atomic force microscope
Pyne, a PhD student at University College London, is trying to give schools cheap access to the expensive imaging capabilities that allowed her team to capture the first in-water image of the DNA helix structure.
And to do that, she and her colleagues are developing a £300 open-source atomic force microscope (AFM) that uses 3D-printed parts, Arduino computers and Lego bricks.
"We want to enable children to see biological samples that they wouldn't otherwise get to see," she tells Wired.co.uk.
And to do that, she and her colleagues are developing a £300 open-source atomic force microscope (AFM) that uses 3D-printed parts, Arduino computers and Lego bricks.
"We want to enable children to see biological samples that they wouldn't otherwise get to see," she tells Wired.co.uk.
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-09/18/lego-microscope
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