[Health] Fwd: [IAEP] Cheap ($300) fluorescent microscopes for developing world

[Sameer Verma]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Samuel Klein <sj at laptop.org> wrote:
> Antonio Battro mentioned to me the other day that LAMAP in France is
> closer to having super-cheap USB microscopes small enough to be packed
> away with an XO.
>
> Antonio, when there is something to publicize about that effort, you
> have a willing and waiting audience!
>
> SJ
>

Not a USB microscope, but I was surprised to find this $4.50 plastic
analog microscope (I paid $7 at Borders book store).
http://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Microscope-Mirror-Ilumination-Moving/dp/B003UMGZ3Q
Retrofit a USB camera, and it might just work :-)

Cheek epithelial cells show up nicely.

cheers,
Sameer
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> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Beth Santos <beth at waveplace.org> wrote:
>> Interesting.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Kevin Cole <kjcole at dc.sugarlabs.org>
>> Date: 2010/8/11
>> Subject: [IAEP] Cheap ($300) fluorescent microscopes for developing world
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