A low-cost microscope mostly made of "paper" has been developed by an Indian-origin scientist Manu Prakash from Stanford University. The 'foldscope' contains three stages- a specimen stage in which the slide is placed an optics stage that holds a ball lens and an illumination stage that contains an LED light. To view the specimen sample, user needs to place … [Read more...] about Affordable, Low-Cost ‘Paper Microscope’ Developed by PIO – Manu Prakash