Test-driving an origami microscope

Mongabay
By Caleb O'BrienOct 5, 2015, 10:49 am97 pts
What costs pennies, fits in your pocket, and can illuminate a world invisible to the naked eye? The Foldscope, an “ultra-low-cost origami-based” portable microscope, is the brainchild of a group of engineers from Stanford University. The scope starts as a piece of die-cut plastic-coated paper with a small…

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