Foldscope: Increasing Science Accessibility Worldwide

Abstract: Foldscope Instruments, Inc. creates and distributes low-cost, high-quality scientific tools to communities around the world help advance education, research, medical diagnostics. The Foldscope—a microscope created for less than a dollar in parts—was 2015. To date, has reached 1.6 million people worldwide over 160 countries. A few notable uses include identification of microscopic eggs agricultural pests India, creation catalog biodiversity soil arthropods Amazon, detection fake currency medicine, following toxic blooms, bacteria water samples, mapping pollen diversity city landscape.