Discover how to transform a basic webcam into a powerful DIY microscope using simple materials. In this step-by-step tutorial ...

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? >> ...

Owning a Microscope is great fun as a hobby in general, but for hackers, it is a particularly useful instrument for assembly and inspection, now that we are building hardware with “grain of sand” ...

A man built an improvised high-powered microscope using an old glue stick. He created the portable optical instrument with materials such as lenses and a white LED, taping them securely onto the ...

Add one more thing to the list of tasks your smartphone can perform. University of Houston researchers have released an open-source dataset offering instructions to people interested in building their ...

Some people start down their career path at a young age, and toys can often be the catalyst. To entice kids into the field of microbiology, scientists at Stanford have developed a DIY smartphone ...

Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP) based in Australia, have this week unveiled a new 3D printable smartphone microscope they have created. The small ...

Public Lab has created an affordable DIY microscope kit which allows users to construct the device themselves and view the microscopic world around them directly on their smartphone device. The ...

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 ...

Aside from idle curiosity, very few of us need to see inside chips and components to diagnose a circuit. But reverse engineering is another story; being able to see what lies beneath the inscrutable ...