Digital USB 1.3 Megapixel Microscope
April 10, 2009 by Scott Wharton
Filed under Electronics
1.3 Megapixel USB Microscope. When I was a kid I used to love looking at things through a microscope. What kid didn’t? We used to have the heavy ones in grade school that worked well and I even had my own at home which was a cheap version of a real one but still worked pretty well except for the back-lighting.
Image: Thinkgeek.com
It was cool looking at things that the naked eye and even a magnifying glass couldn’t see. The mystery of science.
With the computer age you always see microscopes hooked up top computers in labs. Well now you can almost do the same with this 1.3 megapixel microscope that plugs in to your USB. Powered by your USB and lit with one cold LED light, this little microscope can bring microscopic pictures and video to your pc. It’s no super electron microscope, but it looks pretty cool to play with and I’m sure if you have chilcren in school they would love to play around with it! Here are the specs on this USB Microscope from Thinkgeek.com.
- Image Sensor: 1.3 Megapixels
- Video Capture Resolution: 1280×1024, 640×480, 320×240, 160×120
- Magnification Range: 10X to 200X
- Light Source: 4 Cold Light LED
- Video Format: AVI format
- Interface: USB 2.0
- Operation System: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
You can find more specs and pick up this Digital USB Microscope from Thinkgeek.com for $99.99
