Digital Blue QX3 USB Microscope

Digital Blue QX3+ Computer Microscope. Get children and adults to play the smart way with the QX3+ USB Computer Microscope. The QX3 + microscope magnifies anything from 10x all the way to 200x. You can view everything from the pre-prepared slide of a honeybee leg to a close up of your own tongue. The QX3+ is not only a microscope though, it also serves as a multi-function digital camera for taking digital still images and creating time-lapse movies. The QX3 also includes photo manipulation software that allows them to create and experiment with special effects and audio effects, which can all be inserted into the same images taken with the QX3. The QX3 microscope is a great item for any child or adult with an imagination, and will keep them happy for a long time to come! The QX3+ Computer Microscope has been developed as the result of a creative partnership between computer chip giant Intel and the innovative toy designer Mattel. Overall design features of the microscope are stylish and simple, yet they take advantage of state-of-the-art video imaging and computer technology allowing amateur scientists to explore their environment with optical microscopy at magnifications up to 200x. Electrical power for the camera system and specimen illumination lamps is obtained from the computer through the Universal Serial Bus (USB) port. Information and control commands are also passed between the computer and the microscope using this pathway. The accompanying software package provides an interface that is very nicely done with excellent graphics and audio clips that are presented through a kid-friendly layout. Students are able to capture single images, make movies, and perform time-lapse investigations on a variety of specimens with a single click of the mouse.