CellScope, the cellphone microscope, gets UV upgrade to spot tiny glowing things
by Tim Stevens 
posted Jul 22nd 2009 @ 9:23AM
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Cellphone as microscope on the cheap, bugs beware
by Sean Cooper posted Mar 22nd 2008 @ 11:58PM
Go tech students! This handy idea, brought to you by the minds at University of California, Berkeley, brings up to a 60x microscope to your cell for roughly $75. The 60x attachment is useful for diagnosing things like Malaria while in the field, while its weaker 5x sibling can be used to look at skin conditions. The prototype was apparently made from off the shelf components -- including some low power LEDs that illuminate the subject -- and snaps in place with a modified belt clip. This is a pretty handy piece of kit when you consider how much easier it may be to snap a pic of something and fire it off to a lab via a data connection instead of having to physically bring a sample. We're sure the poor soul featured in the pic we have here agrees, as it looks like he / she may have a tiny shrimp infestation.[Via MAKE Blog]
Study finds no link between car accidents and yapping whilst driving
by Darren Murph posted Aug 25th 2007 @ 7:16PM
If you're ready for a healthy dose of unconventional wisdom, you've come to the right place, as a couple of confident graduate student economists at UC-Berkeley are purporting that there is "no match in the evening cellphone use spike and crash data." Basically, the duo is suggesting that although we've been on the mobile horn a lot more these days, the number of fatal vehicular accidents over the past 18 years have not experienced the same leap. Weird logic, we know, so take it for whatever it is (or isn't) worth.[Via Wired]
