UC2: A versatile and customizable low-cost 3D-printed open standard for microscopic imaging (IMAGE)

Leibniz-Institute of Photonic Technology

UC2: A versatile and customizable low-cost 3D-printed open standard for microscopic imaging

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The open-source 3D-printed cube can host self-designed inserts, electrical and optical components. The resulting modules can be combined to form complex optical instruments. This allows the smartphone to be transformed into a powerful microscope in no time at all -- and at almost any place on earth -- in order to pose and answer completely new questions to science.

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