Hi Miriam.
I wonder if you have seen and read this article:
http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1209/1209.4045.pdfIt is about turning a flatbed scanner into a 0.5 gigapixel microscope.
I have spared a scanner for labitat with that in mind.
Are you interested?
If so I will bring it to labitat and put your name on it.
The scanner/copier/printer was given to med because it insisted that one of the inkcontainers was empty even if a new one was put in. But I think the scanner still works.
It is a EPSON STYLUS CX3650.
If you (or nobody else) are interested I´ll scrap it for parts since I have another I'll use for building a microscope myself.
Best regards
Peter Freiman