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Turning Cellphones into Microscopes (nytimes.com)

28 points by qohen ↗ HN
"Now an engineer, using software that he developed and about $10 worth of off-the-shelf hardware, has adapted cellphones to substitute for microscopes."

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jamesbressi
Fantastic innovation, similar to the "why didn't I think of that?" article that was on HN front page yesterday about the university student who made that new UK plug that takes it from one of the largest to a slim design.
argon
Here's a project in the same vein that turns cellphones into a distributed telescope: http://www.distobs.org
mad44
Wow, that sounds very exotic, but it turns out it is practical. Who knew? This project is much more distributed and interesting than the SETI. I will keep an eye on this project.
muck
Sort of a misleading title presuming that all cellphones have a built-in camera.