Pocket Microscopy: A Panacea for the Optically Curious or Just a Novel Trend?
THE MICROSCOPE
2016, Volume 64:4, pp. 167–172
DOI
https://doi.org/10.59082/OZPM1811
AUTHORS
Martin Kocanda
ABSTRACT
The advancement of low-cost optical technology integrated into mobile devices such as smartphones has driven consumers to use various camera and video recording applications. A recently introduced pocket-size microscope peripheral can be attached to a smartphone to enable limited magnification microscopy. Features, limitations, various images, and some speculations on this trend are presented here.