Category: Materials
Anything related to non-biological or biological materials
Sticky pollen
I had always imagined pollen to have thick, spiny covering called exine, which had germ pores on it. I came across Morning glory plant with pink flowers. It had bell shaped flowers, with the stamens quite deep seated. I took out the anthers, which had some staminal hairs along the filaments. I could see a…
Table sugar with polarizers
For this, I mixed regular table sugar with tap water and let it air dry. Then observed this at the edge.
Fibers from Nature -1
I, Aman Arjel of SD College, Chandigarh could never imagine, sample collection for foldscoping could lead me to a summer vacation project on fibers of biological origin. It all happened by chance. Thanks to my buddy Kanwar Pal Singh who noticed Calotropis fruit – a follicle (which our Botany teacher told) and chose to see…
Broken glass magnified
how beautiful a broken glass look .
Polythene under foldscope
green polythene under the scope loof like somewhat a leaf
Bubble wrap under microscope
I saw a bubble wrap under Foldscope and found this, Dont know the exact about the structure but there seem some small air sack like structure . with
Matchstick cells
The school year has begun, with new textbooks, new stuff to learn, and soon, new foldscopes for students in ten of the TSWREIS schools — thanks to DBT and Prakash Lab’s ‘India Foldscope Phase 1’. The school curriculum of Telangana State luckily prescribes quite a few microscope activities. We are trying these out, with a…
Sugar crystal’s edges and cracks by foldscooe
Sugar crystal's edge Sugar crystal with its cracks Sample of sugar crystals
Gold Nano particles deposited on ITO coated glass characterized by foldscope
Gold Nanoparticles on ITO glass Gold Nanoparticles on ITO glass
Polarized Explorations Part 3!! Copepods and Ciliates
Hello everyone! Thanks to iGEM I’ve had absolutely no time for foldscoping lately 🙁 but I’m determined to exploit this mini vacation in Ratngiri to its fullest 😀 Till now I’ve observed some pure chemicals and fruits in cross polars but this time I’ve tried doing something that I’ve been dying to try my hands…
Hyaluronic Acid dried on slide
I put a drop of a Hyaluronic acid solution on the slide. I didn’t see anything with brightfield/polarizing microscopy. I looked at it again 2 days after it had dried, with one polarizing filter, then both and finally with polarizing filters and a “frugal” compensator (the coverslide in our Foldscope kits).
GREAT RESOURCE! Book recommendation
Whether you are in the U.S. or not (like us) this is a wonderful resource for educators planning explorations of the microcosmos. The INTRODUCTION and background information is wonderful and the description and ID KEYS are wonderful!
Fun time with fibres and other things
From the clothes we wear to the paper on which we write, these things are made of fibres. Fibres of polysaccharides. Just how amazing these look under a foldscope… Paper may look smooth and uniform as viewed from the naked eye, but microscopically a different story is seen. Cotton fibres seen through…
Capillary action occuring on paper
One thing we often do while preparing any wet mount is removing excess of mounting medium; mainly by making use of blotting paper. Wondered how blotting paper takes up the excess medium so quickly? A phenomenon called capillary action comes into play. Blotting paper consists of several hydrophilic substances and water (most common mounting media)…
Fiery foldscoping!
I was curious about how chemical reactions would look like, microscopically. Particularly, combustion. However, observing one on foldscope wasn’t easy as putting the flap on would immediately extinguish any burning object. That could be solved easily by not putting the flap (it was obvious). However recording a burning object and even taking care to record…
permanent marker film
Here are some images of dried permanent marker film written on the mesh pouch provided with the foldscope. It appears that a convenient approximation of the field of view of the foldscope is one square of the mesh!
Is used makeup really that gross? – Bio60_2018
I’ve always read things online about how you’re supposed to wash your makeup brushes regularly, but like the majority of the makeup-wearing population, I do not listen to these warnings. Unlike most makeup-users, I only own one makeup brush that I use for pretty much everything, maybe twice a week. This thing has been all…
Polarized light foldscopy
I finally got myself a polarizing film. By this I can now polarize the light falling on the sample by placing the film between the light source and the sample and further by placing another film between the lens and the eye/camera I can block the same polarized light so that only light whose polarization…
Free Resource: Freshwater free-living Protozoa ID GUIDE
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.amfb.eu/SFWM/bibliotheque/pdf/Free-LivingFreshwaterProtozoa(Patterson).pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiu8a-p9ezYAhVE3FMKHVQtAMkQFjAMegQIERAB&usg=AOvVaw30WjAaDgO4ixMgBuY3tGs8
Dead bug night collections / photos with delux kit
I am finding the included tools in the Delux kit really great for general observation, description and photography. Here using the forceps, Petri dish and hand magnifier ate super helpful!
A single female human hair
I had a great opportunity to meet Manu Prakash sir through DBT workshop in IIT Bombay. Simply inspired by him. I tried one of my friend human hair in foldscope.I am able to see capillary kind of structure. Experience was simply amazing .
Our Latex experiments
We wondered what the white latex of a Ficus plant would look like under a Foldscope. Here is the experiment in 5 short videos Video 1/5: Latex in Ficus elongatus. Video 2/5. We spread the latex onto the slide. We had two slides, one in which we really stirred the latex and the other…
Yellow synthetic feathers
Yellow Synthetic feather
Nothing is sharp even if paper cuts your hand
Recently i got a paper cut in my finger while i was writing my assignment. I asked myself how is this even possible DROP ASSIGNMENT TAKES THE PAPER OPENS BOX TAKE THE FOLDSCOPE MINDBLOWN. Though it was cut highly presise by machines in the industry , its not. I was even able to see the…
Plosyter vs cotton
I just now got my foldscope ..(MANU SIR you’re really a genius.😮.) The first thing I wanted to see was a pixels in a display.(I’m still working on it) Getting to the topic topic …I saw a post by one of the members where he took a single strand of a cotton thread when under…
Video: Middle School Tech Review
Real tools lead to real work at Opportunity Middle School in Concord, NC. Using microscopes, foldscopes, and laser lens hacked cheap fire tablets, our students are opening up their world, all on their own. With only a couple of takes after stumbling over the term “microscope,” these 7th and 8th graders free-styled this video to…