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cm0002@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Team develops plan for 3D-printed microscope, including lens, that costs less than $60

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Team develops plan for 3D-printed microscope, including lens, that costs less than $60

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cm0002@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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A team of physicists and engineers at the University of Strathclyde, in Scotland, working with a colleague from the University of Glasgow, has developed the means for 3D printing a microscope, including the lens, for under $60. In their paper posted on the bioRxiv preprint server, the group describes how they came up with the plans for the microscope and notes that the end result has a resolution strong enough to make out individual blood cells in test samples.
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    4 months ago

    This was done back in 2014 with cell phones, glass beads and 3d printers and the cost was under a dollar:

    https://ceramics.org/ceramic-tech-today/just-bead-it-glass-spheres-form-powerful-and-inexpensive-cell-phone-microscope-you-can-3d-print-at-home/

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