General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Synthetic, glass and metal.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

42.0 cm

Width

14.0 cm

Height

13.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Medical equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Craig Pelling Modulevsky

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Taken from curatorial worksheet: This is the first prototype, DIY Twitter-Controlled microscope exhibited and used in an exhibition in Canada. Originally shown at the first Bioart exhibition in Canada: http://www.toxicitywinnipeg.com/ (Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg). It was built by Craig Bryan (@TheGufers), Daniel Modulevsky (@doc_bl00d) and Andrew Pelling (@pellinglab) to explore ways to get the public to participate in the work of a biological laboratory. Many of the components were -3_D printed in the pelling lab; others were recycled parts such as the simple computer camera. Here is a short blog on it and the other things they exhibited: http://www.pellinglab.net/toxicity The microscope flickr account: https://www.flickr.com/photos/slidescope/with/11206025194/ Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/LabSlideScope. Computer parts included Raspberry Pi and Arduino processers.

Function

To examine multiple biological samples at once from remote locations.

Technical

A microscope operated by anyone on the internet.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Handwritten numbers below reach light bulb reads from left to right "7 6 5 4 3 2 1". The same numbers are written on their corresponding wires. The numbers are handwritten on pieces of masking tape. Embossed print on power supply "3A 125[/]250VAC/ 50HZ 60 HZ".

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Multi-coloured synthetic blocks, fused together to form the microscope. Blocks are bright yellow, white, goldenrod and red in colour. There are two polished silver metal bars and a black synthetic ribbed belt. There are seven very small clear glass light bulbs. Each light bulb has a hand written number below it in black marker. There are green, orange, white and black wires attached to the microscope. There is a black synthetic and glass electronic eye with a green microchip attached to a white block which is in turn attached to the two metal rods.

Decoration

N/A