Ask an Explorer! Foldscope YouTube Live - #001

Streamed live on June 6th, 2018 9pm Pacific Time : Got a Foldscope question? Need tips to get clear images? Honomi, Foldscope Instrument’s Director of Community Engagement, will be hanging out live on YouTube to share her tips and spend time with you!

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7:55~ Live demo begins, sample prep
14:57~ Lens cleaning
16.25~ Inserting a slide
17:30~ Attaching a magnetic coupler to phone
27:26~ LED light adjustment
28:20~ Focus adjustment
30:27~ Pollens imaged!
36:10~ Pond scum sample & chatting with viewers
45:51~ Focusing / Exploring

[eiglehawk]

10:46 `sorry buddies you gonna get in` and Bugs: `run run all bugs run away form her...!` #BugHorrorMovie

[agentcimorene]

Thank you! I was worried about saving the circle stickers so I couldn't use the phone attachment more than a few times! Now I'll be trying this out in the classroom on lab day!

[swaroopkunduru]

Finding parasites in Goat from goat dung is possible? Could you please make a detailed demonstration? Also finding parasites from animal blood. Both on Glass and paper one. THANK YOU in Advance..

[tornasoleada]

When you make a sample with glass and you atached the sample with tape, at the time that you put it inside the microscope you switch the sample the side to see the glass one or the tape one?

[viveksingh]

Can we use foldscope for the culture to see antitumoral property of compounds

[ousmanekone]

please, can we observe the onion cells with the foldscope

[princedsouza]

Do we get the sample slides with the foldscope kit??

[princedsouza]

Can I check the blood samples with this scope???

[arseniojavier]

Can i see red blood cells in foldscope?

[drien]

20:09 “Can I zoom ?” wooooshhhh nice picture !

[nz]

Low magnification, poor quality and many times of 1USD. Scamscope.