For looking at really small stuff, an optical microscope will only go so far. Looking at things at the nanometer level, though, usually requires some sort of electron microscope, with all the ...

The microscope stage is based on an OpenFlexure "Delta" stage, and the confocal optics are constructed with a 3D printed body, some lenses, a 405nm laser, pinhole and photodiode. The microscope is ...

This Do-It-Yourself (DIY) microscope, which is christened Foldscope ... of Origami and uses a drop of optical quality glue as a lens.Foldscope has the ability to provide about 2000X magnification ...

Gel pad removed, exposing lens and multi-directional ... possibly within the realm of inspired DIY in the same way that we saw a CNC gantry and USB microscope repurposed as an optical comparator.