I have to admit that I am usually a bit skeptical while watching those TED talks. Every talk has an outrageous claim, either some device or method which will completely change our lives or some hidden ...

Foldscope is the incredible paper microscope that’s making microscopy available to children everyone, wherever they are and whatever their budget. Paper aeroplanes are the extent of most people’s ...

Manu Prakash, PhD, and his team of researchers have developed the origami-based Foldscope, a completely functional microscope that weighs less than two nickels and can be assembled in minutes by ...

Manu Prakash with the Foldscope, a microscope made almost entirely of paper. For a whole lot of people, especially those in developing countries, science — and with it, medicine — isn’t readily ...

Biophysicist at Stanford UniversityManu PrakashDr. prints his own design drawing and makes his own, only 50 cents (about 51.4 yen) disposable microscope "Foldscope"Was developed. It is gaining ...

For a whole lot of people, especially those in developing countries, science — and with it, medicine — isn’t readily available to the majority of citizens. But Manu Prakash wants to change that.

We’ve seen pocket watches, pocket cameras, and now with smartphones, we have pocket-sized computers. But how about pocket microscopes for students, scientists, and doctors? A research team at Stanford ...

A folding paper microscope has been developed that costs less than a dollar to make and can be printed onto a sheet of paper which is then folded and combined with a few extra components in less than ...

The code has been copied to your clipboard. A $1 microscope made of paper might help diagnose diseases in the developing world -- provided there are also people trained to use it. The folded-paper ...

A microscope seems like a complex piece of kit so the idea that one can be printed on to A4 paper for around 50 cents (30p) seems incredible. But such a simple tool could be a life-saver in the ...

It took about six months for the jungle to kill Aaron Pomerantz’s microscope. An entomologist without a microscope is like an astronomer without a telescope, so Pomerantz needed a replacement. Ideally ...