MtA_BIOL2201_2026 Foldscope Exploring
Apr 03, 2026 • 5:49 PM UTC
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I was looking around my room a little bit ago and I thought " What can I look at with this cool little thing?". So, I looked around and I stumbled across some soap that I use to wash my hands. I prepped my slide and stuck it under the microscope. I was so amazed to see the patterns that were made when I looked through the lens. It's like a whole world of magic locked away from us.
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You can see the light getting refracted by the particles in the soap. This is my first time using the foldscope 2.0, so it isn't the clearest, but I thought it was so cool, nonetheless.
After my exploration of my hand soap, I did some more looking, and I found a bottle of toothpicks. I said "I wonder if I can look at this under the foldscope and so I figured I would try. I broke the stick I half as an attempt to see what was happening inside however I don't think it came across as well in the pictures. I had no idea that toothpicks were so hairy. I mean ever couple millimeters there's another hair sticking up. I never would have guessed that just by running my hand along the edge of it. It makes a lot of sense why people get splinters now though!
After my exploration of my hand soap, I did some more looking, and I found a bottle of toothpicks. I said "I wonder if I can look at this under the foldscope and so I figured I would try. I broke the stick I half as an attempt to see what was happening inside however I don't think it came across as well in the pictures. I had no idea that toothpicks were so hairy. I mean ever couple millimeters there's another hair sticking up. I never would have guessed that just by running my hand along the edge of it. It makes a lot of sense why people get splinters now though!
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