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MARCIA STAMELL, ASSOCIATE MANAGING EDITOR, marcia.stamell @photonics.com

For $99, a company called Giant Microbes will sell you a gadget that can turn anybody’s smartphone into a smartphone microscope. The company, which also peddles cuddly, plush models of body cells, viruses and bacteria, says its smartphone microscope has a resolution of up to 1 micron and is suitable for ages six and above. This particular smartphone microscope is one measure of how profoundly photonics technology has impacted modern life. What a few years back seemed to be a near-miraculous capability is now being sold as a toy. In the meantime, the mobile technology that now...Read full article

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    Published: July 2017
    EditorialMarcia StamellBiophotonics

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