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How to transform a USB Webcam into a microscope?
== Microscopy stage ==
== Microscopy stage ==
[[Image:DIY Adriana.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Microscope]]
One of the first steps is to work on the design of the stage to fix the microscope.
<br clear="all" />
 
It is important to make the drawing in the right scale. For my design, I took up the idea from the origins of the microscope where the eyepiece, the lenses and the arm are on top and the light, the aperture and the object are on the lower part.
 
In this case, the lens is placed on a platform that can be moved up and down trough a threaded rod. This rod is fixed with nuts to the stage. The base consists in a kind of box with a hole to put the slide, which contains the object.
 
<gallery>
File:DIY Adriana.jpg|Microscope
</gallery>
 
== Taking pieces apart ==
== Taking pieces apart ==
The disassembly of the camera is not an easy task. All the pieces have to be removed, including the LEDs (unsolder), until only the PCB is left. 
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:step1 microscope Adriana.jpg|
File:step1 microscope Adriana.jpg|Without lens
File:step2 microscope Adriana.jpg|
File:step2 microscope Adriana.jpg|Removing the cover
File:step3 microscope Adriana.jpg|
File:step3 microscope Adriana.jpg|Unsoldering LEDs
File:step4 microscope Adriana.jpg|
File:step4 microscope Adriana.jpg|Disassembled camera
</gallery>
</gallery>
== Turning the lens ==
== Turning the lens ==
The lens has to be inverted and fixed to the PCB.
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:microscope lens Adriana 1.jpg|
File:microscope lens Adriana 1.jpg|Fixing with a hot glue gun
File:microscope lens Adriana 2.jpg|
File:microscope lens Adriana 2.jpg|Removed pieces
File:microscope lens Adriana 3.jpg|
File:microscope lens Adriana 3.jpg|PCB
</gallery>
</gallery>


== 3D Model ==
== 3D Model ==
During the whole design process some small changes were made. An example of this is the platform slot, which allows the movement in every direction, also the size of the aperture and later the small pieces to hold the slide.
The 3D Model shows different views of the prototype.
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:3D Adriana.jpg|3D view
File:3D Adriana.jpg|3D view
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== Cardboard Model ==
== Cardboard Model ==
The best way to know if the prototype works is to build an actual size model.
I used model making cardboard because is cheap and excellent material. You will also need some kind of adhesive, a cutter, screws, nuts (butterfly, hex, cap), a threated rod, washers and a small piece of acrylic.
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Model cardboard Adriana.jpg|
File:Model cardboard Adriana.jpg|Cardboard model
File:Model cardboard Adriana 2.jpg|
File:Model cardboard Adriana 2.jpg|Cardboard model
</gallery>
</gallery>
== Laser cut ==
== Laser cut ==
I decided to use Acrylglas for the final design. Because of the material and the size of the pieces, it was necessary to use a laser-cutting machine.
[[File:laser cutting Adriana.jpg|250px]]
[[File:laser cutting Adriana.jpg|250px]]


Download: [[Media:laser cutting Adriana 2.pdf]]
Download: [[Media:laser cutting Adriana 2.pdf]]
<gallery>
File:armado final 1.jpg|Laser cut parts
File:armado final 3.jpg|Materials & tools
File:armado final 4.jpg|Materials & tools
File:armado final 5.jpg|Assembling
</gallery>
== Acrylglas Model ==
== Acrylglas Model ==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Microscopio acrilico 1.jpg|
File:Microscopio acrilico 1.jpg|Final stage
File:Microscopio acrilico 2.jpg|
File:Microscopio acrilico 2.jpg|Final stage
File:Microscopio acrilico final.jpg|Camera & stage
</gallery>
</gallery>
== Images ==
== Images ==


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<videoflash type=vimeo>54254808|640|480</videoflash>
<videoflash type=vimeo>54254808|640|480</videoflash>
== Example ==
== Example ==
http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehitv/
* [http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehitv 3D Animation]
* How to create a homemade laser microscope
* [http://sillyreverie.com/2011/11/09/homemade-laser-microscope How to create a homemade laser microscope]
http://sillyreverie.com/2011/11/09/homemade-laser-microscope/
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLSKnRaJWK0 Homemade laser projection microscope]
 
== Images II ==
 
<gallery caption="Spider web">
File:spidernet1 Adriana.jpg|
File:spidernet2 Adriana.jpg|
File:spidernet3 Adriana.jpg|
File:spidernet4 Adriana.jpg|
File:spidernet5 Adriana.jpg|
</gallery>
 
<gallery caption="Spider">
File:spider1 Adriana.jpg|
File:spider2 Adriana.jpg|
File:spider3 Adriana.jpg|
File:spider4 Adriana.jpg|
File:spider5 Adriana.jpg|
</gallery>
 
<gallery caption="Silberbeere, schuppenhaar">
File:silberbeere1 Adriana.jpg|
File:silberbeere2 Adriana.jpg|
File:silberbeere3 Adriana.jpg|
File:silberbeere4 Adriana.jpg|
File:silberbeere5 Adriana.jpg|
</gallery>
 
<gallery caption="Tulip">
File:tulip1 Adriana.jpg|
File:tulip2 Adriana.jpg|
</gallery>
 
==Final project==
 
<blockquote> '''''“Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.”''''' Paracelsus </blockquote>
 
 
<blockquote> '''''“Therefore, we may consequently state that: this world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.”''''' Plato, Timaeus</blockquote>
 
 
 
===Drawing with light===
 
For the Greeks, the shadow was a metaphor for the soul. They thought it was possible to recognize the soul of a man by looking at his shadow.
 
The aim of this Project is to try to bring together science and art by looking at different samples or specimens, natural or artificial, through the microscope and then by the enlargement of the original images –exploring the effects of light in relation to the objects-, create a macrocosm from a microcosm.
 
<blockquote>''Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek Neo-Platonic schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale (macrocosm or universe-level) all the way down to the smallest scale (microcosm or sub-sub-atomic or even metaphysical-level). In the system the midpoint is Man, who summarizes the cosmos.''</blockquote>
 
I will start selecting some images that I captured with the microscope. I will simplify the shapes and cut them to use it as a stencil. After collecting some stencils I will place them inside a cube and use a source of light to reflect their shadows on different walls.
 
To do this, I will build two boxes (cubes), one of them with translucent walls. 
 
The translucent box will work as a canvas to draw all the different shadows reflected there. I will try to capture the soul of the specimens bringing it from the smallest scale, to the midpoint –cosmos–; having as a result, a new landscape on each wall.
 
The second box will work as a lamp. I will cut out each side with the pattern I got from the first box. When turning it on, the shadows will appear everywhere in the room, bringing the soul of the collected specimens from the midpoint to a largest scale –macrocosm.
 
The experiment will work as a microscope by itself, enlarging souls.
 
 
[[Image:shadow wall web.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Shadow]]
<br clear="all" />
 
==Simplifying shapes & making stencils==
 
<gallery>
File:docu final 1.jpg|
File:docu final 2.jpg|
File:docu final 3.jpg|
</gallery>
 
==Shadows==
 
<gallery>
File:docu final 4.jpg|
File:docu final 5.jpg|
File:docu final 6.jpg|
</gallery>
==Inspiration==
I saw an exhibition last month in Mexico, the pieces [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-NMwnToWwE shown in the video] are like portraits of a microscopic world. The artist's name is Fernando García Correa.
 
==Box of light==
<gallery>
File:lampara final 1.jpg
File:lampara final 2.jpg
File:lampara final 3.jpg
File:lampara final 4.jpg
File:lampara final 5.jpg
File:lampara final 6.jpg
File:lampara final 7.jpg
File:lampara final 8.jpg
File:lampara final 9.jpg
File:lampara final 10.jpg
File:lampara final 11.jpg
File:lampara final 12.jpg
File:lampara final 14.jpg
File:lampara final 15.jpg
File:lampara final 17.jpg
File:lampara final 18.jpg
File:lampara final 19.jpg
File:lampara final 20.jpg
File:lampara final 21.jpg
File:lampara final 22.jpg
File:lampara final 23.jpg
File:lampara final 24.jpg
File:lampara final 25.jpg
File:lampara final 26.jpg
File:lampara final 27.jpg
File:lampara final 28.jpg
File:lampara final 29.jpg
File:lampara final 30.jpg
File:lampara final 31.jpg
</gallery>

Latest revision as of 21:13, 28 May 2013

How to transform a USB Webcam into a microscope?

Microscopy stage

One of the first steps is to work on the design of the stage to fix the microscope.

It is important to make the drawing in the right scale. For my design, I took up the idea from the origins of the microscope where the eyepiece, the lenses and the arm are on top and the light, the aperture and the object are on the lower part.

In this case, the lens is placed on a platform that can be moved up and down trough a threaded rod. This rod is fixed with nuts to the stage. The base consists in a kind of box with a hole to put the slide, which contains the object.

Taking pieces apart

The disassembly of the camera is not an easy task. All the pieces have to be removed, including the LEDs (unsolder), until only the PCB is left.

Turning the lens

The lens has to be inverted and fixed to the PCB.

3D Model

During the whole design process some small changes were made. An example of this is the platform slot, which allows the movement in every direction, also the size of the aperture and later the small pieces to hold the slide.

The 3D Model shows different views of the prototype.

Download Media:Micro.zip

Cardboard Model

The best way to know if the prototype works is to build an actual size model.

I used model making cardboard because is cheap and excellent material. You will also need some kind of adhesive, a cutter, screws, nuts (butterfly, hex, cap), a threated rod, washers and a small piece of acrylic.

Laser cut

I decided to use Acrylglas for the final design. Because of the material and the size of the pieces, it was necessary to use a laser-cutting machine.

Laser cutting Adriana.jpg

Download: Media:laser cutting Adriana 2.pdf

Acrylglas Model

Images

Video

<videoflash type=vimeo>54254808|640|480</videoflash>

Example

Images II

Final project

“Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.” Paracelsus


“Therefore, we may consequently state that: this world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.” Plato, Timaeus


Drawing with light

For the Greeks, the shadow was a metaphor for the soul. They thought it was possible to recognize the soul of a man by looking at his shadow.

The aim of this Project is to try to bring together science and art by looking at different samples or specimens, natural or artificial, through the microscope and then by the enlargement of the original images –exploring the effects of light in relation to the objects-, create a macrocosm from a microcosm.

Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek Neo-Platonic schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale (macrocosm or universe-level) all the way down to the smallest scale (microcosm or sub-sub-atomic or even metaphysical-level). In the system the midpoint is Man, who summarizes the cosmos.

I will start selecting some images that I captured with the microscope. I will simplify the shapes and cut them to use it as a stencil. After collecting some stencils I will place them inside a cube and use a source of light to reflect their shadows on different walls.

To do this, I will build two boxes (cubes), one of them with translucent walls.

The translucent box will work as a canvas to draw all the different shadows reflected there. I will try to capture the soul of the specimens bringing it from the smallest scale, to the midpoint –cosmos–; having as a result, a new landscape on each wall.

The second box will work as a lamp. I will cut out each side with the pattern I got from the first box. When turning it on, the shadows will appear everywhere in the room, bringing the soul of the collected specimens from the midpoint to a largest scale –macrocosm.

The experiment will work as a microscope by itself, enlarging souls.


Shadow


Simplifying shapes & making stencils

Shadows

Inspiration

I saw an exhibition last month in Mexico, the pieces shown in the video are like portraits of a microscopic world. The artist's name is Fernando García Correa.

Box of light