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Foldscope: Origami-based paper microscope…microscope that costs just Rs.50/-

fold scope 2 50 Cent Origami Microscope for Third World Diagnostics
these images are from a microscope that costs just Rs.50/.
Do you believe that u can fold the microscope that provides over 2,000X magnification with submicron resolution, weighs just 8.8 grams, fits in a pocket, is battery-powered for up to 50 hours on a single button cell.

Once assembled, the Foldscope is operated by inserting a standard microscope glass slide, turning on the LED, and viewing while panning and focusing with one’s thumbs. The microscope components are versatile and each can be designed to perform a single microscopy technique, such as brightfield, darkfield, fluoroscopy, or lens-array

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