{"id":15143,"date":"2016-07-27T08:39:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T07:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15143"},"modified":"2016-07-27T08:39:55","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T07:39:55","slug":"get-closer-to-science-with-this-raspberry-pi-controlled-microscope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15143","title":{"rendered":"Get closer to science with this Raspberry Pi-controlled microscope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1948441464725643088.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15144\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1948441464725643088.jpg?resize=560%2C747&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1948441464725643088\" width=\"560\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1948441464725643088.jpg?w=2448&amp;ssl=1 2448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1948441464725643088.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1948441464725643088.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1948441464725643088.jpg?resize=560%2C747&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1948441464725643088.jpg?resize=260%2C347&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1948441464725643088.jpg?resize=160%2C213&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1948441464725643088.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1948441464725643088.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.io\/hacker\/40161\" target=\"_blank\">Andre Maia Chagas<\/a>\u00a0and his team, comprised of LL Prieto Godino, A Arrenberg and T Baden,\u00a0have developed a Raspberry Pi-controlled microscope called <strong>FlyPi<\/strong>\u00a0and entered it into the <a href=\"http:\/\/hackaday.io\/prize\" target=\"_blank\">Hackaday Prize<\/a>\u00a0competition. Here&#8217;s what Andre\u00a0has to say about the project:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Our plan with this project is to develop a complete opensource and cheap device for scientific experiments (data collection and analysis) and diagnostics (if they are &#8220;microscopy based&#8221;).<br \/>\nSo far we were able to perform some proof of principle experiments in life sciences (Fluorescence and calcium imaging, opto and thermo genetics essays) and to perform diagnostics of the following parasites: Loa loa, Brugia Malayi, Wuchereria bankrofti, Schistosoma eggs, Mansonella perstans<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s a fantastic and, above all else,\u00a0<em>useful<\/em> project that combines that Pi with a camera module, an Arduino, 3D printed parts and various other bits and pieces. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.io\/project\/5059-flypi-cheap-microscopeexperimental-setup\" target=\"_blank\">read more and see pictures and video here<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/open-labware.net\/projects\/flypi\/\" target=\"_blank\">also here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andre Maia Chagas\u00a0and his team, comprised of LL Prieto Godino, A Arrenberg and T Baden,\u00a0have developed a Raspberry Pi-controlled microscope called FlyPi\u00a0and entered it into the Hackaday Prize\u00a0competition. Here&#8217;s what Andre\u00a0has to say about the project: Our plan with this&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15143\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,54,55,8,11,50,70,43,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-accessories","category-arduino","category-camera-module","category-competitions","category-making","category-nature","category-research","category-science"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Get closer to science with this Raspberry Pi-controlled microscope - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15143\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Get closer to science with this Raspberry Pi-controlled microscope - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Andre Maia Chagas\u00a0and his team, comprised of LL Prieto Godino, A Arrenberg and T Baden,\u00a0have developed a Raspberry Pi-controlled microscope called FlyPi\u00a0and entered it into the Hackaday Prize\u00a0competition. 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