The FullBOX is the home off all possible experiments that can be built using the UC2 toolbox. Therefore, the actual content changes from time to time to stay up to date.
Watch HERE how to build a bright field and light sheet microscope from the BOX in less than 5 minutes!
FullBOX is meant to be used by university students and researchers for the everyday lab work or for advanced courses. On one hand it should serve as an alternative to nowadays microscopes, one that is cheaper, portable and easy to use by anyone, anywhere. Compared to the other BOXes, it is extended by motorized stages and programmable illumination modes, completely remote-controllable and can therefore create more advanced setups, like a compound or light sheet microscope. It is of course useful for education and workshops as well.
That's how it could look like:
Useful for Workshops. Get back to us if you want to organize one together with us!
A list of 3D-printed parts and necessary components is found in BUILD_ME, together with assembly guidelines and some printing tips and tricks.
What could be inside the box?
LINK Simple one lens projector. Direct illumination. 4× magnification for f(L) = +40 mm, object to lens 50 mm and lens to screen 200 mm.
LINK Three classical telescope principles. 2× magnification for f(L1) = +100 mm, f(L2) = +50 mm, f(L3) = -50 mm.
LINK Trasmission microscope. LED array serves as light source - different illumination modes possible.
LINK Epi-Fluorescence microscope.
LINK Trasmission microscope, uses smartphone for image acquisition. LED array serves as light source - different illumination modes possible.
LINK Classical experiment for explaining Fourier transform done by a lens. CAM1 images the grating, CAM2 images the Back Focal Plane. Different filters can be inserted in the BFP.
LINK Light-sheet combined with fluorescence. Low-magnification Microscope objective in illumination path for focusing the light-sheet. Sample stage for obtaining stacks of image slices.
LINK Young's experiment.
LINK Imaging without lenses. Blue LED as a light source. For weakly scattering samples.
LINK Reflection interferometry. Fine adjustment with kinematic mirror (perpendicular). One beamsplitter.
LINK Transmission interferometry. Fine adjustment with kinematic mirrors (diagonal). Two beamsplitters.
You also find some education material and more about the setups in DOCUMENTs. Currently the manual are only in english.
If you have a cool idea, please don't hesitate to write us a line, we are happy to incorporate it in our design to make it even better.