Piece of sponge (1764–8) by Martin Frobenius Ledermüller, from Mikroskopische Gemüths- und Augen-Ergötzung.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/02d31ba1-1653-4915-a7d9-f84021d91e4b

#micrography #insects #microscopes #entomology #biology #art #publicdomain

🔬🧐 Breaking news: #Microscopes, the ancient relics of #science, have now evolved to discover the hidden wonders of... LaserDiscs? 😂 Next up: telescopes spotting VHS tapes in the Andromeda Galaxy! 📼✨
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZuR-772cks #humor #technology #LaserDiscs #AndromedaGalaxy #HackerNews #ngated
Microscopes can See Video on a LaserDisc - Andonstar AD246S-P

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Microscopes can See Video on a LaserDisc - Andonstar AD246S-P

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Antenna of Cockchafer (1909) by Arthur E Smith, from Nature Through Microscope and Camera.

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bfd64762-1c81-404d-a62a-a9a7e1c25a3c

#micrography #microscopes #entomology #magnification #photo-micrography #cockchafers #antennae #art #publicdomain

Willow mallow seed (1764–8) by Martin Frobenius Ledermüller, from Mikroskopische Gemüths- und Augen-Ergötzung.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/166491c7-95b3-43df-b10d-853cdcbc0a79

#micrography #insects #microscopes #entomology #biology #radial #seeds #circular #art #publicdomain

"[R]ather than invest in more powerful and more expensive technologies, some scientists are using an alternative technique called expansion microscopy, which inflates the subject using the same moisture-absorbing material found in diapers."

https://www.quantamagazine.org/expansion-microscopy-has-transformed-how-we-see-the-cellular-world-20260204/

#Technology #Microscopes #Materials

Expansion Microscopy Has Transformed How We See the Cellular World | Quanta Magazine

How physically magnifying objects using a key ingredient in diapers has opened an unprecedented view of the microbial world.

Quanta Magazine
Things on my writing #ToDoList that have been for multiple years:
- #Levers vs #Microscopes, and different types of technologies that augment #labor
- Work worth NOT doing, and frameworks for determining whether other people’s buy-in and #consent should be needed for a person to do something (have #agency)
- There are #RebelsInTheDeathStar (this has probably been 10 years on the to-do list 🫠)
- It isn’t dead, yet, but #PrivacyIsInHospice
- The #FunEconomy, and new modes of measuring progress

Keeping up with science [between 1936 and 1939]
1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. | Poster promoting the study of science, showing a microscope, open book, and an eye.

#screenprints #posters #color #microscopes #science #education #photopgraphy #LibraryOfCongress

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98518267/

People, how do automated #microscopes work in terms of #programming? Are there open source libraries to control them and/or do they require proprietary drivers (maybe both)?

#BoostsAppreciated, especially #FediScience -wards
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