Foldscope

In march 2014, we releases a low-cost origami based Folding microscope; we call Foldscope - described in detail in this PlosOne article.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0098781

Since March 2014, we (PrakashLab@Stanford) have shipped 50,000 Foldscope to users in 130 countries, to observe and share the microscopic world. The user community generated share data captured with a Foldscope openly (creative commons) at our community website at http://microcosmos.foldscope.com

As our community grows; we are looking to integrate and join forces in sharing biodiversity around the world; with joining more number of naturalist around the world.

First step; we will start cross posting our data on iNaturalist as well. Second step, we plan to integrate iNaturalist databases in our own community website at http://microcosmos.foldscope.com

Please contact me if you are excited about Foldscope; and exploring it's use in exploring the microscopic world in the field.

To request a Foldscope kit; please write an email to foldingmicroscope@gmail.com and just tell us a little bit about yourself. We ship kits around the world. You will be included in Phase2 of the project; where we will be shipping a million Foldscope to users around the world.

You can write to me directly at manup@stanford.edu

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