World’s first fully 3D-printed microscope built in less than 3 hours

World’s first fully 3D-printed microscope built in less than 3 hours


3D-printed lenses make this microscope much less expensive than traditional microscopes

Dr Liam M. Rooney/University of Strathclyde

The world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope can be built in just a few hours and at a fraction of the cost of a traditional microscope.

“It’s not just enabling, but empowering,” says Gail McConnell At the University of Strathclyde in Britain. He and his colleagues had previously worked on how to 3D-print lenses like those used in microscopes, which led to the breakthrough.

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