Putting the "Cell" in Cell Phone: Adapter Turns Its Camera into a Microscope

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 19:49 in Physics & Chemistry

A few years ago University of California, Berkeley, professor Daniel Fletcher challenged the undergraduate students in his optics and microscopy course to develop an instrument using only a cell phone and a few objective lenses. It was not until after the project began that Fletcher and the students realized they had created a powerful yet inexpensive instrument that could potentially be used to test for diseases common in developing countries, such as malaria, sickle-cell anemia and tuberculosis. [More] ...

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