A first hackteria workshop has been going on last week at NK, Berlin. First of all, it was great fun and we could get the project a big step further.
go to the hackteria webpage for a detailed description.
and see our pictures on flickr
the topic of the workshop was to build your own little microscope using cheap webcams and investigate the use of the microscopic world of image in audio/visual arts.
DIY microscopy
a small hack to the optics of a standard webcam with an adjustable focus-lens, allows to create video data, with a magnification of around 100 to 400x (depending on the model) at a working distance of a few mm. The highest magnifications can be achieved by inverting (putting upside down) the lens. Addition of good lighting by the use of leds allows to create images using a bright-field method (shine through the stuff) or dark field method (look at the reflections and scattering).
diy_microscopy_overview from Marc Dusseiller on Vimeo.
and another one by gaudi
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