Compound Microscope Multi-Media Cart:
System Name(s): Hsun-Tzu (Bldg. 4, Cart#4), Socrates (Bldg. 8, Cart#2)
Features:
CD-Rom, Zip-Disk, Floppy-Disk
17" Viewsonic CRT, Sharp PGC30XU VGA (1024x768) Data projector
Wireless track-ball, Wireless hand controller w/laser pointer (functions as a mouse)
Ethernet connect ability (25ft. cord included).
One cart has a Laser Disk player, One has a VCR (to be added shortly).
Specifications:
The computer is an 800Mhz Pentium-III with 256Meg of RAM and a Matrox G400 video card with 32Meg of VRAM.
The operating system is Windows 2000 (SP-2).
Software installed includes: Office 2000 Premium (full install), Apple Quick-Time, Adobe Acrobat Reader, and Internet Explorer-6.
Nikon E600 Research-grade Compound Microscope, SPOT High-resolution digital camera, high-end Plan-fluor objectives (Choice of either 4, 10, 20, 40, and 60X (oil) or 10, 20, 40, 60(oil), 100X(oil) configurations.).
Potential Uses:
Presentation of microscopic images to whole rooms simultaneously.
Digitization of microscopic images.
General Multimedia presentations.
Pros:
High-resolution Microscopic images
Ability to digitize/save microscopic images.
Ability to present alternative electronic media (Laser disk, VHS tapes).
Cons/limitations:
Large cart, not as easily transported (may not fit easily into some classroom configurations).
Eyepieces of microscope may be too high for some users.