Manu Prakash (Stanford): Foldscope: Origami Based Paper Microscopes

Speaker Biography: Manu Prakash is an Assistant Professor in Bioengineering at Stanford University, affiliate of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, and a Pew Scholar. His lab applies techniques derived from soft-condensed matter physics, fluid dynamics, computer science, and bioengineering to study the structure and function of biological entities. Prakash was born in Meerut, India, where he earned a BTech in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur. He then did his master's and PhD in applied physics at MIT before moving to Stanford.

[itsmylife]

Congratulation man... you made us all, here in India very proud!

[shakibsami]

You are great.I want to tell you sir.Your idea is really can any one be so innovative

[CYV_COV]

Thank you for the idea. I and my students are eager to make the foldscope, please advise. For me the most difficult part is the lens, please help. 🙏🙏🙏

[Armymedicman]

This is amazing. Why are these not standard to every human?

[DynemechAntiVibrationMounts]

Achieving this kind of  magnification is no mean feat! Highly appreciable!! but does this thing available in India? Would want one for my son.

[RandomActsOfRandom]

Interesting to see how this was pushed so far under the rug as to hide this information from the general public. Even those of us that are plugged in daily. For me, this is the first time I’ve seen this video posted from 8yrs ago.

[AndreiMartovski]

Awesome, just awesome!
Question thogh. If you were not chosen to participate into beta-test, where can I subscribe to more updates and finally a date of release?

[AhmadBanafa]

Can it be made from scratch? Instead of just assembling it as I see in the video

[UsmanKhan-mbcg]

Upto how many times does foldscope enlarge object?

[swapniltelange]

What is the procedure to see leaf surface into foldacope

[ergo]

does this diagnosis replace the rapid blood test for malaria ?

[zulfekhar]

WHERE WE GET THIS ? I WANT TO BUY FOR OUR VILLAGE

[maanmishra]

ITS VERY GOOD BUT HOW CAN I MAKE FOLDSCOPE

[elifiyamerchant]

From where can I get these $1 foldscopes?

[siddhantsarode]

I want to order the foldscope but I not fount the foldscope in flipcar, amozon.in where I order the fold scope

[sencilloofficial]

Sir foldscope india te 300 taka r niche paoai jay na

[sonamkumar]

@ibiology: what's the status of this?

[dexterdev]

Who hates foldscopes? 7 dislikes.. :(

[geniusboss]

For everyone u can get this from amazon

[technocrat]

I want to buy this in India from where I can buy????