A pocket-size lensless microscope that uses on-chip optofluidic microscopy (OFM).
The sample is dragged in front of the detector and an image is extrapolated. Now imagine if every cell phone had one of these?
Update: someone just informed me of this interview of Changhuei Yang on NPR, click here to listen.
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