I conducted this project as part of Professor Pringle’s EEB321 class at Princeton University. This was my first time hearing about Foldscopes and working with them.


 I grabbed this picture in lab with Ruby! When we went outside to look for samples I was so excited to look at thing under a microscope that shockingly took only 5 minutes to make. I was so amazed after watching the TedTalk on Foldscopes with founder Manu Prakash that I couldn’t wait to discover something under my own Foldscope right in front of me.


 When we went outside to look for different things to sample I was torn between the different flora that surrounds Princetons campus. Unsurprisingly as I was looking around our beautiful Ivy League school, I found the smallest leaf of ivy perturbing from the wall of Guyot and thought it was perfect. The entire leaf fit inside my slide and I was able to grab this amazing picture!!

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 <img alt="Foldscope" class="wp-image-205339 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="205339" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone XS Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1636471650","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"1250","shutter_speed":"0.066666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="Foldscope" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_205338/Foldscope.jpg"/>
 <figcaption>
 Ivy leaf under foldscope
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 <img alt="Foldscope 2" class="wp-image-205340 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="205340" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone XS Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1636471645","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"1000","shutter_speed":"0.066666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="Foldscope 2" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_205338/Foldscope-2.jpg"/>
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 I also tried to make a slide with a strand of hair seen below!

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 <img alt="Foldscope 3" class="wp-image-205341 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="205341" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone XS Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1636471638","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.025641025641026","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="Foldscope 3" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_205338/Foldscope-3.jpg"/>
 <figcaption>
 Blonde Strand of Hair
 </figcaption>
</figure>

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