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Re: Lego Microscope

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Post by wongarsu »

tzs wrote: post #43
busyant wrote: post #12

I know a chem prof who built a Lego spectrometer. https://publiclab.org/wiki/lego-spectrometer Legos are just wonderful. edit: I know nothing about woodworking or crafting any building materials, but I always wish I could perform those types of projects. And whenever some potential project comes up, I think to myself, "but I could build it with Legos."

> edit: I know nothing about woodworking or crafting any building materials, but I always wish I could perform those types of projects. And whenever some potential project comes up, I think to myself, "but I could build it with Legos." I bought a case for the Raspberry Pi camera that has a LEGO-compatible back and a small LEGO set (10692) specifically for making things to hold the camera where I want it. It has worke…

In addition to brackets also consider hinges [1], like the standard 1x2 hinge [2] or for higher load a combination of e.g. [3] and [4]. There are also various solutions using Technic parts.

I'd honestly just order what you need from bricklink. Alternatively get used Lego by weight from ebay. Around here you get a kilogram of unsorted, good quality Lego for €20.

1: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&catID=22

2: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3937...

3: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3036...

4: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3038...

Re: Lego Microscope

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Post by hprotagonist »

eigenket wrote: post #59
jerf wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My main point here is that you probably don't run around saying LEGO, in all caps, not singular vs plural. I understand why the LEGO corporation does it, but it's their problem, not ours, and we don't really need unpaid lego consultants running around lecturing people about the "correct" way to refer to them.

Yeah I was just surprised by the assertion that >"Legos" is clearly in common usage Given that I don't ever hear people using it. Personally I get faintly annoyed by people saying "legos" the same as I would by people saying "sheeps" instead of sheep when referring to multiple, although I don't think I've ever corrected anyone over it.

i remember being galled by it in the late 80s, so this debate, at least, has been going on for some time.

Re: Lego Microscope

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Post by notanote »

napolux wrote: post #23

what's the magnification of this? I see 100u from the video, but is there any measurement?

From the paper:

For the high-magnification objective we find M = 254×. For the low-magnification objective we find M = 27×.

Re: Lego Microscope

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Post by gbear605 »

em-bee wrote: post #70
eigenket wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a pet theory - in north america you have a popular snack called an eggo (pluralised to eggos) thats basically a waffle. I think americans started calling lego legos because they were already calling eggos eggos. In the uk and europe generally we don't have eggos, so we don't have legos.

the catchphrase from the advertisement is "leggo my eggo", where leggo means "let go" which can't have an s appended. i have never had them so i am not sure, but i don't think they are that popular, and i haven't seem them referred to in plural

As a kid, I heard people say the phrase “legos my eggos”, (since the “leggo” had lost al of its association with “let go”).

Re: Lego Microscope

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Post by munificent »

eigenket wrote: post #59
jerf wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My main point here is that you probably don't run around saying LEGO, in all caps, not singular vs plural. I understand why the LEGO corporation does it, but it's their problem, not ours, and we don't really need unpaid lego consultants running around lecturing people about the "correct" way to refer to them.

Yeah I was just surprised by the assertion that >"Legos" is clearly in common usage Given that I don't ever hear people using it. Personally I get faintly annoyed by people saying "legos" the same as I would by people saying "sheeps" instead of sheep when referring to multiple, although I don't think I've ever corrected anyone over it.

> Given that I don't ever hear people using it.

I certainly do. The people around you are not a uniform sample of all communities on Earth.

Re: Lego Microscope

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Post by j4yav »

eigenket wrote: post #68
mitchdoogle wrote: post #61

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Strange because as an American I've almost always heard to them referred as Legos. As a kid, my friends and I said, "let's play with Legos". My parents would say " get these legos off the floor". Seems odd to me to think of these phrases without the "s" on lego

I have a pet theory - in north america you have a popular snack called an eggo (pluralised to eggos) thats basically a waffle. I think americans started calling lego legos because they were already calling eggos eggos. In the uk and europe generally we don't have eggos, so we don't have legos.

Please, the Eggo corporation would prefer you refer to them as one EGGO or multiple EGGO waffles (tm)

Re: Lego Microscope

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Post by eigenket »

munificent wrote: post #75
eigenket wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I was just surprised by the assertion that >"Legos" is clearly in common usage Given that I don't ever hear people using it. Personally I get faintly annoyed by people saying "legos" the same as I would by people saying "sheeps" instead of sheep when referring to multiple, although I don't think I've ever corrected anyone over it.

> Given that I don't ever hear people using it. I certainly do. The people around you are not a uniform sample of all communities on Earth.

That was exactly my point. The guy was saying people shouldn't correct an "incorrect" thing which is in common usage, but I was trying to emphasise that it isn't common usage everywhere.

Re: Lego Microscope

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Post by 1024core »

jerf wrote: post #52
eigenket wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where are you from? In Britain I'm pretty sure I've never heard anyone say "Legos", it sounds very American to me.

My main point here is that you probably don't run around saying LEGO, in all caps, not singular vs plural. I understand why the LEGO corporation does it, but it's their problem, not ours, and we don't really need unpaid lego consultants running around lecturing people about the "correct" way to refer to them.

> My main point here is that you probably don't run around saying LEGO, in all caps, not singular vs plural.

WHAT? DOESN'T EVERYBODY SHOUT WHEN THEY SAY LEGO??

Re: Lego Microscope

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Post by eigenket »

j4yav wrote: post #76
eigenket wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a pet theory - in north america you have a popular snack called an eggo (pluralised to eggos) thats basically a waffle. I think americans started calling lego legos because they were already calling eggos eggos. In the uk and europe generally we don't have eggos, so we don't have legos.

Please, the Eggo corporation would prefer you refer to them as one EGGO or multiple EGGO waffles (tm)

Interestingly the company initially wanted people to call them "Froffles", but people apparently called them "eggos" due to the fact that they taste eggy. Then the company changed the name to "eggo" to reflect that.

I checked the wiki page and thought the contrast between the two approaches is interesting.

Re: Lego Microscope

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Post by tzs »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #48
tzs wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> edit: I know nothing about woodworking or crafting any building materials, but I always wish I could perform those types of projects. And whenever some potential project comes up, I think to myself, "but I could build it with Legos." I bought a case for the Raspberry Pi camera that has a LEGO-compatible back and a small LEGO set (10692) specifically for making things to hold the camera where I want it. It has worke…

You can put a flat Lego piece perpendicular between two rows of studs. I don't think it's quite as secure as having an L-bracket though.

That's almost what I ended up doing, except rather than putting the flat piece between two rows of studs, I put it on top of the studs and had adjacent stacks to stabilize it.

Two flat pieces back to back are very very close to the width between the sides of two rows of bricks separated by one row of empty studs.

Here is a photo [1]. Here it is with the three top braces and the cable holder removed so you can see everything [2].

This the LEGO compatible case I'm using for the camera [3].

[1] https://imgur.com/a/ggNe5uM

[2] https://imgur.com/a/jz525N7

[3] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F19WI0O/

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