Gadget Turns Phone Into Microscope

CellScope could help curb outbreaks of disease in developing world
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 22, 2009 4:29 PM CDT
Gadget Turns Phone Into Microscope
The CellScope, a device that turns a camera phone into a microscope, is seen in this photo from the Fletcher lab.   (CellScope)

A new gadget could mean big improvements for health care in the developing world. Called the CellScope, the device attaches to any cell phone with a camera, turning it into a microscope, Science Blogs reports. Invented by researchers at UC Berkeley, the CellScope also features an LED that can detect cell stains used to identify diseases such as malaria in clinical samples. (More developing world stories.)

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