Community-Designed DIY Microscopes with Public Lab
World Maker Faire New York 2018
September 22nd-23rd
At our DIY microscope workshop, we'll guide participants through building their own microscope with affordable materials: cardboard, bolts, webcams, and tape. We'll look at water and plant samples from nearby sites, and talk about ways that using DIY science tools can lead to meaningful discovery.
Workshop Details
Date: Sunday, September 23 | 12:30 PM–02:00 PM
Cost: $20
Register Here!
Bronwen Densmore
Bronwen Densmore is Public Lab's Open Hardware Community Organizer, which means she gets to collaborate with people around the world who are working to build accessible tools for environmental research. She has worked as an artist, fabricator, and librarian, and focuses on the intersections between creative making and discovery. When she's not building microscopes, she may be conducting archeological investigations into a local landfill, or teaching classes about mechanical art at SVA's Visible Futures Lab.
