10. Open Source Hardware - From Fibers to Fabric¶

This week we visited Kniterate, a knitting machine company based in Barcelona and learned all about how knitwear has evolved with knitting machines. We also visited L'Originaria an upcycling company

Then we had to create our own machine that would be used in our local labs. We were provided a list of projects that could be used as a reference to build a specific design. I worked with Grecia to create a microscope.

Refrences & Inspiration¶

We checked out the example of the Microscope with a web camera project to understand our task.

full project here

Research¶

Microscope: an instrument that produces enlarged images of small objects, allowing the observer to see the details of an object scale that for examination and analysis.

The word “microscope” comes from the Latin “microscopium,” which is derived from the Greek words “mikros,” meaning “small,” and “skopein,” meaning “to look at.” The development of the microscope allowed scientists to make new insights into the body and disease.

It’s not clear who invented the first microscope, but the Dutch spectacle maker Zacharias Janssen (b.1585) is credited with making one of the earliest compound microscopes (ones that used two lenses) around 1600. The earliest microscopes could magnify an object up to 20 or 30 times its normal size.