Optics

3D-printable 'clip' converts smart phone to microscope

Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP) in Australia have developed a 3D printable ‘clip-on’ optical device that they say turns any smart phone into a fully ...
ZDNet

3D-printed 'clip-on' turns smartphone into fully functional microscope

Australian researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP) have developed a 3D-printable "clip-on" that turns a smartphone into a fully functional microscope. Reported ...
Uproxx

Here’s An $8 Microscope For Your Smartphone

Attention nerds: If you like gadgets for your smartphone and you love optical microscopes, today is the day you kiss me full on the mouth. Using twice the magnification power of a jeweler’s loupe, and ...
Engadget

3D-printed smartphone microscope is good enough for scientists

Your smartphone could soon be a fully functional microscope capable of examining samples as small as 1/200th of a millimeter. Australian researchers have developed a clip-on device that requires no ...
EDN

3D-printed smartphone microscope magnifies up to 1/200th of a millimeter

Contemporary cellular phones can perform a seemingly endless variety of functions, from taking photographs and videos to guiding people through rush hour traffic. You may not even be aware of this, ...
The Verge

This is the best way to put a microscope in your pocket

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Blips’ stick-on lenses super-charge your phone’s camera, but good results take effort Blips’ stick-on lenses ...