"Foldscope" which becomes a microscope just by folding like folding paper and folding it up

Even now and before, "microscope" plays a major role as an entrance to the world of science. Microscopes are also very important tools for children's education, but sometimes it is not easy to get because of the high price. Developed to solve such problems "Foldscope"Is a microscope mainly made of paper and is a microscope that can be obtained at a significantly lower cost than before.

Foldscope - The Origami Paper Microscope by Foldscope - Manu Prakash & Jim Cybulski - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/276738145/foldscope-the-origami-paper-microscope

This "paper microscope" was developed by Dr. Manu Prakash of Stanford University in 2014 and can be bought for less than 100 yen per piece. The microscope has been completed, and efforts to promote popularization are being promoted in earnest.

A super-discount "disposable paper craft microscope" that you can make your own at about 50 yen will be developed - GIGAZINE


You can see what kind of product Foldscope is seeing by looking at the following movies and so on.


Vase with flowers like tulips. Collect the water contained in this with a syringe ......


Potri on the plate.


And when I look into the lens part of Foldscope ... ...


It is possible to observe microorganisms living in water. This is the performance of Foldscope.


Foldscope which can use the microscope at low cost, the main part of the main body is made of paper.


When we remove the parts from the mount and assemble it while folding ... ...


A microscope capable of 140 times magnification is completed. Although the word "Origami" is used in the explanation, the nuance is slightly different from "origami" that the Japanese thinks. However, in the sense that microscope can be made by paper work, it may be said that it is certainly an origami.


The actual observation with Foldscope is as follows. Expanding bacteria ......


It is a microorganismA trap beetle(Stentor) can also be clearly seen clearly.


You can also observe the ant chin.


When doing observation, it is possible to take a picture with a smartphone camera using LED lighting as well as to look in with your own eyes through light in this way.


It is convenient for anyone to use the microscope easily and not to choose almost any place. The development team said that he designed Foldscope under the concept of "microscope for all people".


Foldscope has already been completed and the development team has already implemented a pilot program to distribute 50,000 products to schools and around the world. It seems that a large response is coming back from users actually used.


Foldscope is a cloud funding siteKickstarterWe are looking for investment in. For the target amount of 50,000 dollars (about 5.5 million yen), about 185,000 dollars (about 21 million yen) are gathered from more than 4,000 investors around the world at the time of article creation.

At the time of article creation, it is possible to get one set of "Individual Folds Coper" with one Foldscope with a contribution of 20 dollars (about 2200 yen). Also, if you invest 30 dollars (about 3300 yen) you can get one set of Foldscope, Foldscope Teacher with 20 lenses, instructions, nylon bags.

The contents of the set looks like this. Assemble the mount (4), attach the lens (3), place the object on the slide (6) and observe it.


Detailed specification. The Foldscope main body is 180 × 80 × 5 mm, light weight of only 8 grams. It seems that it is possible to observe objects of 2 microns by enlarging the object by 140 times. Three patterns of "direct viewing" and "photographing with a smartphone camera" and "projection" are possible at observation.


In addition, shipping to Japan requires a shipping fee of $ 19 (about 2000 yen) according to the plan. The deadline of investment is Japan time on Thursday, December 22, 2016 (Thursday) 3:02 am, the shipping time is scheduled around August 2017.

Foldscope - The Origami Paper Microscope by Foldscope - Manu Prakash & Jim Cybulski - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/276738145/foldscope-the-origami-paper-microscope