1. Keep lens free from debris. Avoid Inserting objects beyond the I.R.I.S. Lens Attachment or touching the lens.
2. Do not immerse your EyeClops Bionicam in liquid
3. Uses a soft, lint free cloth moistened with water to clean the outer surfaces of your EyeClops Bionicam unit.
4. Do not shine LED in eyes as prolonged exposure may impair vision
5. Insert fresh batteries into the Belt Clip Battery Pack if you experience any loss of color, static or discoloration of the image on your screen.
6. To use: Insert batteries into Belt Clip Battery Pack. Insert the removable USB drive into the EyeClops Bionicam unit. Turn on the power switch.
7. To focus the camera screw on the I.R.I.S Lens Attachment so that the red groove aligns with the arrows on the focusing gauge. Place the center of the EyeClops eye onto the Focusing Disc and look at the screen. Twist the I.R.I.S Lens Attachment left or right until the letter images come into focus [one or two full turns].
8. Use the menu to pick which mode to examine specimens.
9. Use the up, down, left and right arrows to make a decision; use the A button to select and the B button to return to the previous screen.
10. To take pictures: A button will take picture, B button will cancel options, Gallery button will show pictures, and Delete button will delete selected picture.
Hint: You will need to focus the lens and then put the camera directly to the specimen being examined in order to see it. Then you must hold the camera to the specimen very still in order to capture the picture. Do not press the A button and then pull away, wait until you see your picture on the screen. The pictures will be tinted blue unless you take a picture of something white. Exercise 2:
1. Stores images or movies of specimens taken by camera:
2. Where you look to see images or movies of specimens seen by camera:
3. What you push to transmit mage to TV from Camera:
4. Power source of the camera:
5. Turns the camera on and off:
6. Connects the TV to the camera:
7. Where image is transmitted to TV:
8. Where TV receives image from camera:
9. Covers the camera and lights, helps to focus the lens:
10. Magnifies or de magnifies images on camera:
11. Where unit is introduced that stores the images from the camera:
12. Button used to take pictures or make selections:
13. Button used to cancel option or return to a previous screen:
14. Button used to view pictures or movies:
15. Button used to erase images or movies:
Exercise 3: Using the Microscope:
1. Put lens to specimen being examined.
2. Focus the lens as needed and adjust magnification as needed.
3. Take a picture or movie to preserve specimen and observations.
4. As you switch from low to high power the field of view becomes smaller. This decrease in size of the field of view is the inverse of the increase in magnification. For
example if the magnification goes from 100 X to 400 X this is a four times increase in magnification, so the size of the field of view is quartered (X 1/4).
Total Magnification of the EyeClops Bionicam
The magnifying power of most objectives and oculars is engraved on them. On the EyeClops BioniCam, the marking can be found on the green dial to the right of the camera screen and can be adjusting by turning the dial to the left for demagnification or to the right for increased magnification. For example, a marking "100x" means that the particular lens forms an image one hundred times larger than the object being viewed.
The total magnification of a microscope = power of the eyepiece times (X) the power of the objective used (ocular)
For example, when using a microscope with a 10 X ocular and a 43 X high power objective, the total magnification of the specimen the student is viewing is equal to 10 X 43 or 430 X (times).
However, the EyeClops BioniCam does not specify its objective power but can magnify up to 400x the original size of the specimen.
Exercise 4:
Exercise 5:
Part 1:
Part 2: I didn’t have ready access to sand so I took a picture of miracle grow soil. The soil was bought at Lowe's. URL for comparison picture: http://forces.si.edu/soils/02_02_00.html
Part 3: These are the things I examined with my EyeClops BioniCam:
Exercise 6:
1. I did not have algae readily available so I opted for Brown sugar plus water and observed this:
2. I also took a look at a sample from the inside of my cheek. I stained it with the Wright's stain and observed this:
Notes on the Camera: While the camera seems ideal and a great solution for non-science oriented people like myself who often find themselves frustrated with scientific equipment, from my usage of the equipment in this lab it seems very unreliable and it is very time consuming to make it work well enough to see the picture. The fact that you have to press the camera to whatever you are looking at makes it difficult to focus. I also had trouble seeing anything at all with the magnification over 100x. I literally had to take about 50 pictures to produce 8 that weren’t fuzzy or too blue to see anything. It took me almost 2 hours to do the parts of this lab that required the use of the machine and not just writing down the instructions for it simply because I had to find things around me that would actually show up on the camera, i.e. flour was impossible to see because it was white and the magnification wouldn’t focus on the granules - I used the fibers of a paper towel instead. Overall it’s a great idea but not so great in execution.
Exercise 1:
1. Keep lens free from debris. Avoid Inserting objects beyond the I.R.I.S. Lens Attachment or touching the lens.
2. Do not immerse your EyeClops Bionicam in liquid
3. Uses a soft, lint free cloth moistened with water to clean the outer surfaces of your EyeClops Bionicam unit.
4. Do not shine LED in eyes as prolonged exposure may impair vision
5. Insert fresh batteries into the Belt Clip Battery Pack if you experience any loss of color, static or discoloration of the image on your screen.
6. To use: Insert batteries into Belt Clip Battery Pack. Insert the removable USB drive into the EyeClops Bionicam unit. Turn on the power switch.
7. To focus the camera screw on the I.R.I.S Lens Attachment so that the red groove aligns with the arrows on the focusing gauge. Place the center of the EyeClops eye onto the Focusing Disc and look at the screen. Twist the I.R.I.S Lens Attachment left or right until the letter images come into focus [one or two full turns].
8. Use the menu to pick which mode to examine specimens.
9. Use the up, down, left and right arrows to make a decision; use the A button to select and the B button to return to the previous screen.
10. To take pictures: A button will take picture, B button will cancel options, Gallery button will show pictures, and Delete button will delete selected picture.
Hint: You will need to focus the lens and then put the camera directly to the specimen being examined in order to see it. Then you must hold the camera to the specimen very still in order to capture the picture. Do not press the A button and then pull away, wait until you see your picture on the screen. The pictures will be tinted blue unless you take a picture of something white.
Exercise 2:
1. Stores images or movies of specimens taken by camera:
2. Where you look to see images or movies of specimens seen by camera:
3. What you push to transmit mage to TV from Camera:
4. Power source of the camera:
5. Turns the camera on and off:
6. Connects the TV to the camera:
7. Where image is transmitted to TV:
8. Where TV receives image from camera:
9. Covers the camera and lights, helps to focus the lens:
10. Magnifies or de magnifies images on camera:
11. Where unit is introduced that stores the images from the camera:
12. Button used to take pictures or make selections:
13. Button used to cancel option or return to a previous screen:
14. Button used to view pictures or movies:
15. Button used to erase images or movies:
Exercise 3:
Using the Microscope:
1. Put lens to specimen being examined.
2. Focus the lens as needed and adjust magnification as needed.
3. Take a picture or movie to preserve specimen and observations.
4. As you switch from low to high power the field of view becomes smaller. This decrease in size of the field of view is the inverse of the increase in magnification. For
example if the magnification goes from 100 X to 400 X this is a four times increase in magnification, so the size of the field of view is quartered (X 1/4).
Total Magnification of the EyeClops Bionicam
The magnifying power of most objectives and oculars is engraved on them. On the EyeClops BioniCam, the marking can be found on the green dial to the right of the camera screen and can be adjusting by turning the dial to the left for demagnification or to the right for increased magnification. For example, a marking "100x" means that the particular lens forms an image one hundred times larger than the object being viewed.
The total magnification of a microscope = power of the eyepiece times (X) the power of the objective used (ocular)
For example, when using a microscope with a 10 X ocular and a 43 X high power objective, the total magnification of the specimen the student is viewing is equal to 10 X 43 or 430 X (times).
However, the EyeClops BioniCam does not specify its objective power but can magnify up to 400x the original size of the specimen.
Exercise 4:
Exercise 5:
Part 1:
Part 2: I didn’t have ready access to sand so I took a picture of miracle grow soil. The soil was bought at Lowe's. URL for comparison picture: http://forces.si.edu/soils/02_02_00.html
Part 3: These are the things I examined with my EyeClops BioniCam:
Exercise 6:
1. I did not have algae readily available so I opted for Brown sugar plus water and observed this:
2. I also took a look at a sample from the inside of my cheek. I stained it with the Wright's stain and observed this:
Notes on the Camera:
While the camera seems ideal and a great solution for non-science oriented people like myself who often find themselves frustrated with scientific equipment, from my usage of the equipment in this lab it seems very unreliable and it is very time consuming to make it work well enough to see the picture. The fact that you have to press the camera to whatever you are looking at makes it difficult to focus. I also had trouble seeing anything at all with the magnification over 100x. I literally had to take about 50 pictures to produce 8 that weren’t fuzzy or too blue to see anything. It took me almost 2 hours to do the parts of this lab that required the use of the machine and not just writing down the instructions for it simply because I had to find things around me that would actually show up on the camera, i.e. flour was impossible to see because it was white and the magnification wouldn’t focus on the granules - I used the fibers of a paper towel instead. Overall it’s a great idea but not so great in execution.