From: "Andrew M. Kuchling" <akuchlin@cnri.reston.va.us>
Subject: Remote Microscope software 1.0a2 released
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 99 12:50:03 GMT

Version 1.0alpha2 of CNRI's Remote Microscope software is now
available.  The Remote Microscope system allows users to access and
control an optical microscope over the Internet using a Java applet,
as demonstrated at the recent Python conference.

Version 1.0alpha2 adds some minor interface and configuration
improvements, and fixes various bugs discovered when the microscope
demonstration was made available over the Internet.

Where to find it
================

At the Remote Microscope home page, you can find screen shots,
technical information about the system, the software license, and the
source code.  If you're running Netscape 4.06 or greater, you can also
try controlling a demonstration microscope over the Internet.

Remote Microscope home page:
	http://www.mems-exchange.org/software/microscope/

Please send comments, suggestions, and problem reports to
<microscope-feedback@mems-exchange.org>.

Overview
========

As part of the MEMS Exchange project, CNRI is working on fully
automated and remotely controllable semiconductor inspection
microscopes to let chip designers view their wafers from any location
having an Internet connection.  We're releasing the code for our
microscope software in the hope that other people will find it useful
and will contribute suggestions, improvements, ports to new systems,
etc.

The system consists of a server that manages the microscope and
handles TCP connections, and Java-based client software that allows
users to control the microscope.  Currently the server software has
been run on a Linux machine connected to the following devices:

	* Leica INM200 optical microscope
	* Polaroid Digital Microscope Camera 

We encourage interested parties to add support for different digital
cameras or microscopes, and are willing to provide guidance with that
task.  

	Regards,

== 
A.M. Kuchling			akuchlin@cnri.reston.va.us
Technical Staff, CNRI		Tel.: (703) 620-8990 x278
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new
discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny ..."
    -- Isaac Asimov

<P><A HREF="http://www.mems-exchange.org/software/microscope/">Remote
Microscope 1.0a2</A> - CNRI Remote Optical Microscope Software.  (27-Jan-99)

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