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3D-Printed Lens Turns Smartphones Into a £1 Microscope to Detect Diseases
- WatchDog 12y agoIts not really 3d printing if all you are using it for is to place droplets of polydimethylsiloxane onto a plastic slide.
- placeybordeaux 12y agoCool technique, that would be awesome if they commercialized it, man this is a terrible title though. It is not a £1 microscope nor is it 3D printed.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoNovel lensmaking technique is combined with 3d printed parts to make microscope addition for smartphone at a cost of less than £1, is presumably the information they were trying to garble.
- userbinator 12y agoAgreed, the title is a bit misleading since it's assuming you get a smartphone for free, or that it's something everyone has (not too far from the truth.) It's a £1 microscope accessory for a smartphone. (If the process is commercialised, we'll probably start seeing lenses of this construction showing up in various toys...)
- higherpurpose 12y agoStuff like this could work great for ARA smartphones.
- schatten 12y agoAn actual microscope for 50 cents [1]. No smartphone. It is limited in the things it can do. You can't use it to educate med-students, for example, but it works for the poverty stricken areas perfectly. [1]:http://www.ted.com/talks/manu_prakash_a_50_cent_microscope_that_folds_like_origami http://www.ted.com/talks/manu_prakash_a_50_cent_microscope_t...