![]() ![]() , an online store that sells items for home laboratories, among other things, offers three models of microscopes at various prices, said Scott Smith, a co-founder of the site. The growth in home labs is helped by manufacturers who are building tools at affordable prices. “Personally, I like the Carson zPix,” he said. It’s got a big picture on your screen that’s easier to see instead of those little tiny images you squint at.” “They don’t magnify as much as one of those optical scopes would, but you can look at it on your computer screen. Others mix low-cost computers into the hardware to deliver more precise control. Many of these tools work closely with home computers and come with software that enhances their power. Other home laboratories have tools like infrared thermometers, which can be used in the kitchen, and kits to analyze DNA at home. ![]() Ceceri has several microscopes and a telescope. Home labs like hers are becoming more feasible as the scientific devices that stock them become more computerized, cheaper and easier to use. ![]() Ceceri’s microscope, a Digital Blue QX5, is one of several pieces of scientific equipment that make up her home lab, which she has set up on her dining room table in Schuylerville, N.Y. “Then of course I Googled what to do when you’ve been bitten by a deer tick.” So she went to her home lab, put the tiny arachnid under her microscope, which is connected to her computer through a U.S.B. One day Kathy Ceceri noticed a tick on her arm and started to worry that it was the kind that carried Lyme disease.
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