Fluorescent Microscope Cell Phone Attachment
Submitted by admin on 6 February 2010 - 5:33pmDescription:
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UCLA researchers have developed a matchbox-sized attachment that converts a cell phone's camera into a fluorescent microscope. The device utilizes an inexpensive lens and battery-powered, light-emitting diodes to create a field of view some two orders of magnitude larger than previous cell-phone fluorescent microscopy technology. It is more than five times smaller than previous cell phone microscopes.