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October 2009

Neuroscience 2009 – Musicians hear better!

One of the presentations at the Neuroscience show in Chicago this year states that serious musicians are better at perceiving and remembering sounds than the average Joe. Cool stuff!

Elements 3.1 “App failure” after install fix

I’ve had an “Application has failed to launch” error after installing Elements on 3 new systems recently. Nikon has released a temporary fix until they update the installer. You can find the fix on my resources page or  here is the direct download.

Formable Mirrors for Microscopy

I’ve been waiting for adaptive optics to be used in microscopy for a few years now. It became a side interest when I read about the uses of formable mirrors in ground-based astronomy. It now looks like a few groups are using these mirrors in microscopes! One can imagine the multitude of applications of a [...]

Flash Memory for Imaging?

This article describes a novel approach to acquiring an image digitally: use flash memory! Some of the limitations described in the article are the lack of dynamic range (only binary data is acquired) however the small size of flash memory may enable a gradient of optical densities to be laid down on an array of [...]