An easily assembled smartphone microscope provides new ways of interacting with and learning about common microbes. The open-source device could be used by teachers or in other educational s... Read more
A research team led by UC Berkeley engineers has developed a new smartphone microscope that uses video to automatically detect and quantify infection by parasitic worms in a drop of blood. T... Read more
Lens Could Give Schools, Clinics Low-Cost Alternative to Conventional Equipment Researchers at the University of Houston have created an optical lens that can be placed on an inexpensive sma... Read more
The researchers have built a lens attachment that turns a smartphone camera into a dermascope Because they’re so inexpensive, the lenses can be used in a variety of applications, inclu... Read more
The lens he developed is now as powerful as the research microscopes used in the lab Imagine yourself examining species of coral in Fiji. Looking at fungi and parasites in grass seeds. Follo... Read more