Low-cost Portable Detector — Nile Red staining + YOLOv8 deep learning on Raspberry Pi with a digital microscope, 385 nm UV, and an optical filter. Rapid in-field counts & classification.
#AI #YOLOv8 #RaspberryPi #OpenHardware

Lighting Up for Learning — a microplastics separation + fluorescence detection method (Nile Red) designed for secondary students. Hands-on, low-cost, and great for community monitoring of local sediments.
#NileRed #CitizenScience #Education

New on Plastiverse.org: two open, classroom-ready tools for detecting microplastics with Nile Red 🎉🔬
Both Open Data + Open Source. Perfect for secondary schools & citizen science. Details below 👇
#Microplastics #STEM #OpenSource #OpenData

Introducing plastiverse.org - the hub for assets and information exchange on #plasticPollution research.

Developers:
Dr. Scott Coffin (@ecoboffin.bsky.social)
Cleo Stratmann
Dr. Leah Thornton Hampton
Dr. Win Cowger
Orestis Herodotou
Dr. Kara Wiggin