For this project you need few pieces of cardboard, a torch and webcam with manual focus, all you need - install the lens by the reverse side and build a body for your future microscope. As better ...

[Robert Murray-Smith] wanted to recreate how some ancient microscopes worked: with a drop of water as a lens. The idea is that the meniscus of a drop of water will work as a lens. This works because ...

SHELDON: KIDS CAN DO AN AT HOME PROJECT RIGHT NOW TO STIMULATE THEIR MIND AND LEARN SOMETHING NEW. WE’VE GOT A DEMONSTRATION YOU CAN DO AT HOME RIGHT NOW. DIY MICROSCOPES. WHERE TO BE GET STARTED? >> ...

Researchers at German universities have devised a way to get microscopes into the hands of science-curious kids on a budget using scavenged iPhone 5 lenses and Lego. Researchers Bart E. Vos, Emil Betz ...

An engineer at Stanford University has created a DIY microscope, called the Foldscope, that is fashioned out of a single piece of printed-and-folded A4 paper, origami-style. This paper-based ...