Clever PETRI: Laboratory HELP

Perfection has no limits: scientists have invented the modern version of a Petri dish, using the parts of Lego and camera phones.

Invented nearly half a century ago petri dish was so simple and easy that it is still possible to find, perhaps, in any biological laboratory in the world - often in the amount of hundreds of pieces. It would seem that she is so perfect, that there is nothing to improve. However, there is always the possibility of improvements.

In fact, the traditional cultures of cells growing in petri dishes to put in an incubator, which maintained the required temperature and humidity. As their accounts removed for study - for example, to track the process of growth. Thanks to the uncomplicated device ePetri from this routine operation can not refuse: to follow the proceedings will be on the computer screen without touching the cup in the incubator.

The authors of the ideas from the laboratory of Professor John Chanheya (Changhuei Yang) used what was at hand - the details of Lego and a smartphone - and created a ... Capacity for culture is placed on the platform of the details of Lego, it is mounted video camera that continuously removes what is happening. Above the authors found a smartphone, which serves as the light source and connected to the camera transmits images via cable to a computer. You can safely go home without losing control over the process and making sure everything in real time.

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On e-books and libraries, or ' Where's the money, Zine? '

In ' Ogonyok ' published an article. ' We must learn to pay for e-books '. As e-book alter our consciousness, said ' Got a light ' deputy head of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications Vladimir Grigoriev.

In recent years often see materials on e-books, and so bukriderah. n. And everything has a direct relation to libraries. Anytime you think of it as we are far from it all. And how many of the same distant libraries. Whether all this is based on the major developed library, whether ' they are far from frightening people '.

Article, then the ' Ogonyok ' good - and the fact that electronic books are not displace printed, and about copyright, and the fact that '. Our task - not to get all the reading in electronic form, and to teach people to read all. '.

But always there is a question of well-known songs - ' Where's the money, Zine? '.

A lot of Internet access in libraries mentioned - the program, the money allocated under this. And it has turned many of then: to the right - a computer center with Internet, and left - the dilapidated Soviet-era books. In this first talk about the admission to the reading, and then reflect -. ...

Although what I mean? Have senior fellow mind- changing, and it is already here:.

'. In general, and libraries, and network knigoprovodyaschie all these years in our country were immature, that is limping system of distribution and delivery of books. In this sense, the development of e- books - is the salvation for the library. Of course, to replace the old, Soviet-style libraries, multimedia centers should come. '.

Today, more than once in ' Classmates ' looking theme ' Do we need libraries when there is an Internet ' ( sobschestvo ' readers and librarians about modern libraries '). Therefore, to quote reflections Ludmila hive:.
'. A shelf with bukriderami. in FY. crisis, when the purchase of books is reduced at times,. us only thinking about buying bukriderov.

First, about what they buy, and then about what to do with them. Our electronic resources with a scratch spin at. Traditional books and magazines are trying to take home.

But who will they give readers a house? .

And if all this use within the library, the meaning of what. ? '.
P. S. Positions previously exhibited and new information appears:. ' ensure the creation of a national library resource, with a unified catalog of digitized assets on the basis of the Russian State Library, Russian National Library, Presidential Library B. H. Yeltsin, libraries, state academies of sciences of the Russian Federation, as well as state and municipal public libraries. Term - July 1, 2011. ;.
The supreme executive power of the Russian Federation to provide facilities of regional and municipal public libraries in the necessary computer equipment and software, broadband connectivity to the Internet, including access to national library resources. Period July 1, 2012 Mr.. '.
Pessimistic: the current reels - reducing libraries and personnel, changes in legislation and funding, lack of professionals - what awaits us? .