Scientists from the Georg August University in Göttingen, associated with the University of Münster, have imagined a concept for a high-resolution microscope at a lower cost. With an educational objective, this initiative aims above all to “nourish natural curiosity” and understand the “potential of sciencee”, according to its creators. Because in reality, the device is made up of parts that are, to say the least… original!
Indeed, to design it, its creators used not only toys from the Danish brand Lego but also spare parts from old iPhone 5 models. The latter are in fact from their photo block, renowned for a long time to be one of the most efficient of all brands combined. So much so that the story has already gone around the world, taken up even among our colleagues atiMore.
Purchased on… eBay
The lenses from the iPhone 5 were actually purchased online, on the eBay platform. Advertised price: $2.4 to $4.8 depending on the model. Which would translate to around two to four euros for us taking into account the exchange rate at the time we put these lines on paper.
Another advantage, beyond the relatively lower amount of money to spend than for a real microscope: access for all, free of charge. In fact, the creators of this machine have published a complete guide to recreate the same system at home. This is, however, not available in the language of Molière. On the other hand, you just need to master English to benefit from it (see source). Let us not note elsewhere that there is also a variation of the content in German, another in Dutch and yet another in Spanish.
iPhone 12 Pro: the king of mobile photography?
While the photo capabilities of the iPhone 5 may certainly seem outdated to some, this is not the case for all of its successors. So,the iPhone 12 Pro Max unveiled at the end of last yearfeatures a 5x optical zoom, most often considered ideal for certain macro shots.
The digital zoom is also not left out since the latter reaches the 12x scale without flinching. Of course it will still take some manipulation to go from this level to the magnification necessary for microscopes to work, nevertheless the figures are there and are already making many professionals happy. The previous version had demonstrated this well during thesuccessful filming of a music video by… Lady Gaga.
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