A $1, origami microscope made from paper and a cheap lens has the potential of improving healthcare and the detection of diseases worldwide. Origami, an ancient Japanese art of paper folding, isn't ...
A folding paper microscope has been developed that costs less than a dollar to make and can be printed onto a sheet of paper which is then folded and combined with a few extra components in less than ...
Sometimes, inventors come up with things the world wants. The Rubik’s Cube. iPhones. Snuggies. Then there are the things the world needs. The wheel. Penicillin. Anything with caffeine in it. The ...
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A cheap, rugged microscope made of paper that performs as well as many commercial research microscopes could soon be yours. The Foldscope can be assembled by punching out parts and folding them from a ...
For a whole lot of people, especially those in developing countries, science — and with it, medicine — isn’t readily available to the majority of citizens. But Manu Prakash wants to change that.
A $1 microscope made of paper might help diagnose diseases in the developing world -- provided there are also people trained to use it. The folded-paper microscope, called the Foldscope, could also ...
Eight-year-old S. Hariraj is a Foldscope devotee. He's used it to look at the milk from the cows his parents raise. Though the milk looks creamy, the Foldscope reveals a world of microorganisms. "It ...
A cheap, rugged microscope made of paper that performs as well as many commercial research microscopes could soon be yours. The Foldscope can be assembled by punching out parts and folding them from a ...