Reinventing Pocket Microscopy

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2015

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Kamal, Tahseen
He, Xuefei
Lee, Steve

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The Royal Microscopical Society

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The key to the success of pocket microscopes stems from the convenience for anyone to magnify the fine details (tens of micrometres) of any object on-the-spot. The capability with a portable microscope lets us surpass our limited vision and is commonly used in many areas of science, industry, education. The growth of imaging and computing power in smartphones is creating the possibility of converting your smartphone into a high power pocket microscope. In this article, we briefly describe the history of pocket microscopy and elucidate how mobile technologies are set to become the next platform for pocket microscopes.

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Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society

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2099-12-31