Moreover, using a stain in this way meant they could automate the process by attaching a camera to the microscope, taking photographs of all 384 wells, and feeding the images into a computer that had been programmed to measure the area of orange in a well and contrast that with the total area occupied by worms.

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He got his first camera and his first microscope on his seventh birthday.

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Other important imaging tools include the microscope, the camera, the binocular and the magnifying glass.

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