Foldscope: The Paper Microscope
16th September 2022
Foldscope combines low-cost materials with precision optics to create inexpensive microscopes that are affordable for communities worldwide. With a magnification of 140X, Foldscope can visualize tiny things like bacteria and microorganisms as well as larger samples like insects, plants, fabrics, and tissues. Foldscope can also attach to mobile phones for imaging. This portable microscope is also waterproof. With that versatility, the possibilities are endless!
If, of course, that’s what you want to do.
I received a microscope kit when I was a child, my parents apparently concluding from the fact that I was worthless at (and even less interested in) sports that I was destined for a Nobel Prize.
I looked at a bug. I looked at a leaf. I looked at the multicolored dots on a comic book illustration. Then I went back to reading. Three degrees later, I still don’t have that Nobel Prize (primarily because I’m even more worthless at math than I am at sports). Still, it was a kind thought.