CellScope. Diagnosing malaria with a Nokia.

At the University of California, Berkley, Professor Daniel Fletcher and his team had an idea that now helps to save lives. They took a microscope, a Nokia N95, and put them together. They call it the CellScope. A super-portable microscope imaging device, perfect for diagnosing diseases in remote areas in developing world countries. Images of cell samples can be captured then sent by MMS anywhere in the world for instant analysis. Brilliant.

See more projects, and the 'World's Smallest Stopmotion Animation Character' film shot using a Nokia N8 and CellScope technology, at http://nokia.com/nseries

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[MaxineTheMad]

I do want. Would love to see these scopes become commercially available.

[PRODVDi]

so I wasn't alone in using a Nokia phone on a microscope.

[Carol Chen]

I have portable microscope that can show image on my iphone4S & ipad

[stellaruniversexmpls]

Just combine a microscope with any cellphone that supports photography. So you will be able to make images.

[PRODVDi]

school science lab

[TheIronDildo]

Where did you get your cellscope?

[PRODVDi]

Get what from?

[TheIronDildo]

Where did you get that from?

[xxarikxx]

thanks for making the world a better place - please don't listen to the retrogrades in this thread... your efforts and vision are inspiring :)

[DaMizzl]

@halogenke680

You'd be surprised at how many Africans actually carry a cell phone. They've learned from us and are skipping the cables and going straight to wireless.

[o0260o]

you can do this on the field to take a picture and send it to diagnose in the hospital. this is better than carrying around a microscope and other equipment.

[halogenke680]

yeah, now we need only to find a hospital with internet access, or somebody who has smartphone in middle of africa....