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The next generation of our automated microscope is here — faster autofocus, new LED matrix, and improved ImSwitch integration.

How we moved from a monolithic ESP32 firmware to a distributed CAN bus architecture powering motors, lasers, LED matrices, and more — and why it matters for modular microscopy.

How a Berlin high school used the CoreBox to teach wave optics, ray tracing, and digital microscopy in a single semester.

A 15-hour train ride from Jena to Rome, two boxes packed to the limit, and a room full of curiosity — our hands-on workshop on modular, open-source microscopy at EMBL Rome.

StainSTORM — how we built a distributed, open-source lab automation pipeline for cyclic immunohistochemistry across Helsinki and Jena, connecting Opentrons, robotic arms, and the FRAME microscope through Arkitekt.

How we're building OptiKit — a platform where every optical module exists as a digital twin, enabling simulation, configuration, and seamless ordering of modular optical setups.

Why CAD is the quiet engine behind OpenUC2 — from parametric cube design in Inventor to the vision of linking our online configurator with a full digital twin backend.

How the FRAME microscope enables open-source lab automation — from StainSTORM cyclic immunohistochemistry to distributed robotic workflows with Opentrons, Fairino, and Arkitekt.

Turning microscopy on its side — literally. Our newest plant-science rig rotates the FRAME 90° for long-term seedling studies with ROPOD chambers, fluorescence, and AI-assisted pest detection.

50 biomedical engineering students, seven open-ended challenges, and a box full of OpenUC2 cubes — how TU/e turned lecture halls into makerspaces with challenge-based learning.

Our Discovery Line microscopes now roll off the assembly tables of WerkVol, the inclusive workshop run by Evangelische Stiftung Volmarstein — where precision optics meets social impact.

A research group needed to image multiple well plates in a fully automated workflow. Within minutes, we had a modular multi-array microscope built from OpenUC2 cubes.