“There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork,” George Orwell wrote in his 1949 tale of a totalitarian regime “Nineteen Eighty-Four.”

On the bright side, we’ve now identified the system. It’s Amazon! More

As an assignment, Professor Daniel Fletcher of the University of California at Berkeley instructed students to build a functional microscope from a cell phone and a few lenses. When they completed the project, Fletcher and his students realized that they had a useful product, which they named the Cellscope. They hope to use the instrument in impoverished areas of the world where malaria, sickle-cell anemia, and tuberculosis are widespread. In such places, large numbers of microscopes are necessary for diagnosis, but remain very expensive. The Cellscope can be a cheaper alternative to fit this need.

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Kwanghun Hyun’s webpage for his DIY cameras.  Link

Thank you Sandra.

Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.

Odopod relaunches Odosketch: Create a sketch and watch it (and others) evolve Link