Foldscope : The $1 Origami Microscope

[sukumvit boy]

Could revolutionize disease diagnosis and revitalize kid's interest in science and biology.
Will also connect to smart phone camera.
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/180665-the-1-origami-microscope-could-revolutionize-disease-diagnosis-revitalize-kids-interest-in-science-and-biology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foldscope
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[trish]

Cool. I want a box of these. The Atlantic did an article on these last Fall.

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/09/one-dollar-origami-microscope-foldscope/403156/

[martin48]

Anton van Leeuwenhoek
(1632-1723

Did the same sort of thing - nothing new under the sun

[trish]

Yeah, as soon as I read "origami microscope" I thought of Leeuwenhoek (and the Wiki article references it). I'm not sure if Leeuwenhoek eventually replaced his water drops with glass beads of differing radii or not - probably. The led light and diffuser panel is a helpful addition.

[sukumvit boy]

An update :
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/macarthur-winner-wants-every-child-world-microscope/
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[martin48]

10 cent Origami crane!