Another challenge that smartphone users face when shooting macro pictures is getting close enough to their subject without ...

In a truly futuristic feat, researchers from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, have built a 3D-printed ...

[A. Cemal Ekin] over on PetaPixel reviewed the Apexel 200X LED Microscope Lens. The relatively inexpensive accessory promises to transform your cell phone camera into a microscope. Of course ...

iMicro Q3p is a fingertip-sized microscope lens Attaches to your smartphone camera for 1200x magnification It's now available to back on Kickstarter for as little as CA$55 Fitting a microscope in ...

If you want to take pictures of tiny things close up, you need a macro lens. Or a microscope. [Nicholas Sherlock] thought “Why not both?” He designed a 3D-printed microscope lens adapter that ...

The world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope can be made in a few hours and for a fraction of the cost of traditional ones.

University of Strathclyde scientists 3D print $60 microscope in less than three hours using a publicly available design from OpenFlexure.

While much cheaper than standard equipment, there was a caveat: a microscope’s specially crafted glass lenses often cost hundreds of dollars, putting the tools out of many people’s price range.

The SW200DL has a sturdy metal body, ground glass optics, easy-to-operate mechanical components and lenses that can magnify up to 1000X. This microscope was also comfortable to use and easy to ...

Late 1600s – Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek constructed a microscope with a single spherical lens. It magnified up to ×275. 1800s - the optical quality of lenses increased and the ...