Toys for crystallography: Maybe this could be filed under the same category as Johnny Chung Lee's Wii Remote projects a number of people here have mentioned about (though this certainly isn’t as cool as his “Minority Report” gloves or "fake" 3D-glasses)!
Still, if Apple has it's way, in a year or two the iPod Touch will be as common in the science lab as an iPod is now. I suspect that if someone hasn't already, a LIMS will be adapted for hand held computers.
P.S: From the log file, I’ve noticed a number of people trying this out on non-iPhone browsers. If you’d like to try it out on a non-iPhone/Pocket-PC computer, I would recommend using the following URL as it’s got a few more features (and a larger screen layout):
http://www.pageforaday.com/xtalwizard/fixed_order.php
(sans "-i")
Cheers!
> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:11:17 -0700
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal scoring sheets for iPhones/Pocket-PCs
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Sounds great.
>
> You can jailbreak an iPhone/iPod touch and install a whole BSD
> subsystem on it. So printing should be possible at some point...
>
> This of course also suggests that iPod touch is a valid research
> expense ...
>
>
> William G. Scott
>
> Contact info:
> http://chemistry.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/
>
>
> On Mar 19, 2008, at 8:59 AM, P Hubbard wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I could be wrong, but I’m not aware of any servers that have tray
> > inspection web pages designed for iPhones and Pocket-PCs, so I
> > thought I’d try and make a web page with simple scoring sheets for
> > such devices. I don’t own an iPhone myself, but the following web
> > page seems to work well on a phone I tried out at an O2 store. Hope
> > it’s of use to people who don't have a computer by their microscope.
> >
> > http://www.pageforaday.com/xtalwizard/fixed_order-i.html
> >
> > In response to a request, I’ve also allowed an option to include
> > your custom screens. I’ve designed it so that you don’t need an
> > account.
> >
> > P.S: I’ve read that you can’t print directly from an iPhone (though
> > I assume you can either e-mail the data URL, or plug the phone into
> > a computer with a printer). I’ve not tried the page out on a Pocket-
> > PC, but I expect it will display reasonably well on these screens
> > too (with JavaScript enabled), and I believe many of the newer
> > Pocket-PCs allow wireless printing. Maybe Apple will release an
> > appropriate iPhone update soon.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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