Beta-testing the Foldscope through study groups involving professionals, amateur fossil collectors, and high school children

Feb 15, 2016 • 6:50 AM UTC

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Manu Prakash

I am a faculty at Stanford and run the Prakash Lab at Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University. Foldscope community is at the heart of our Frugal Science movement - and I can not tell you how proud I am of this community and grassroots movement. Find our work here: http://prakashlab.stanford.edu

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This is the most “extensive” beta-testing any Foldscope user has reported to our community so far. This is an incredible piece of work by Dr. Janice L. Pappas, Museum of Paleontology,University of Michigan. I am attaching the PDF file here – please read through, and you will find an incredible and sophisticated testing regime and incredible insights that everyone in Foldscope community will find useful.
I am even more excited since Dr. Janice predicted many features that we have implemented in the latest version of Foldscope getting ready for prime time for phase 2; including field of view locking and focus locking. More on that soon; but if you are a member of the community, and cares about bringing Foldscope to communities around the world – read this independent report.
Thank you Dr. Janice for this phenomenal effort. We hope to see you engage and contribute to this little community – and we would love to learn more about diatoms.
PDF here: JLP-10K Foldscope Project-Oct 2015
cheers
manu