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 ...

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

The wand-like device is made by Gelsight, and instead of an optical lens like a normal microscope ... the basic principles of the Gelsight seem simple enough and possibly within the realm of ...

Researchers at the University of Strathclyde have created the world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope in under three hours ...

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

In the following pages, we present inspiring examples of scientists who, using materials as simple as ... the help of a microscope—made out of bamboo. Fitted with a ×20 lens, the light, compact ...

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 ...