Foldscope: Origami-based paper microscope · HackerPapers discussions

Foldscope: Origami-based paper microscope — mentioned by dhaivatpandya

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:26:05 GMT

See research paper: http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.1211 When I said "paper lens", I meant the idea of embedding the lens into the paper.

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Foldscope: Origami-based paper microscope — mentioned by Steuard

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:09:46 GMT

Side note (as a scientist who uses the site): there are lots of different ways to share an arXiv.org link, but in almost every case the best option is this: http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.1211 That links to an abstract page for the same paper you linked to rather than the full PDF, and it's a lot shorter to type (and less specific about format). This form often avoids accidentally linking to an outdated version of the file, too.

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Foldscope: Origami-based paper microscope — mentioned by ezequiel-garzon

Sat, 22 Mar 2014 11:38:35 GMT

I wonder how soon this will be developed in large quantities. Funding from places like Bill Gates' foundation is almost certain, but there seems to be a lag, as the TED talk is from June 2012, while the arXiv paper [1] as well as the linked post from March 2014. Maybe hitting the 50¢ mark would require lots of units? [1] http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.1211

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Foldscope: Origami-based paper microscope — mentioned by auxon0

Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:02:01 GMT

http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.1211 "Although it costs less than a dollar in parts (see Bill of Materials in table 1), it can provide over 2,000X magnification with submicron resolution, weighs less than two nickels (8.8 g), is small enough to fit in a pocket (70 × 20 × 2 mm3), requires no external power, and can survive being dropped from a 3-story building or stepped on by a person (see figure 1G and supplementary video 2)."

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Foldscope: Origami-based paper microscope — mentioned by avivo

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 09:26:13 GMT

I'm really excited that this is now public! Congrats to Manu, Jim, et al. FYI, a paper with technical details is available here: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1403.1211.pdf

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Foldscope: Origami-based paper microscope — HN submission

Sun, 09 Mar 2014 19:20:35 GMT

Stanford engineers invent 50-cent microscope

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Foldscope: Origami-based paper microscope — mentioned by tedsanders

Sun, 09 Mar 2014 19:20:11 GMT

I've worked with these guys and I can answer any questions you guys may have. Here's a link to something written by the actual scientists: http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.1211

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