Is it possible to attach to a phone to take a picture?
Here is their website: http://www.foldscope.com/
Why would the initial test to 10,000 if it only costs $1. I would gladly pay $5 (if that includes shipping). If there is a version 2, I would gladly pay $5 to purchase that one also.
This reminds me of the Cartmanland commercial, "awesome new themepark, and you can't come!"
From the FAQ:
"Foldscope is not yet commercially available. Foldscope is a project out of Prakash Lab, a research group in the Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University. We are working hard to make the microscopes commercially available via a spinoff/startup while keeping the mission and our goal aligned to the big vision from our viewpoint. More details of the same will be posted here at some point."
I am actually very surprised that people still get this excited over the same piece of news.
They are absolutely wonderful for factory inspections.[1]
I have a few but my preferred model looks like this: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.80.ScwWS1&id=...
Desktop microscopes with HDMI out, 5" monitor, and 500x zoom can be picked up for about $80
Where exactly? I might want to check them out...
That said, if you're not set up with local bank account and mailing address one can find them in any electronics market.
SEG Plaza in Shenzhen or Modern Electronic City in Shanghai should have them for 20 kuai.
They usually come with an ultraviolet led for currency fraud detection - there are so many small stores and so many people in China that these are basically ubiquitous.
There is a trickle down effect on Amazon too: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3D... - see for instance the one available for $3.96 - I would splurge and get the square boxy one though.
http://www.dx.com/p/60x-zoom-led-micro-lens-microscope-w-bac...
Or 3D print it?
Not that the makers don't deserve the money!
http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.1211
That links to an abstract page for the same paper you linked to rather than the full PDF, and it's a lot shorter to type (and less specific about format). This form often avoids accidentally linking to an outdated version of the file, too.