Foldscopes – origami inspired microscopes

We’ll be bringing ten of these to Blaze 2025. They curretly have a 140x lens fitted (50x and 340x are options). Foldscopes aren’t just an instrument, they’re the keystone to a bit of a revolution in science accessibility. Foldscope make their instruments available in countries where traditional microscopes are too expensive, and put them in the hands of scientists, citizen-scientists, and junior-scientists. Schumacher wrote a book years ago called ‘Small is Beautiful’. Manu Prakash’s big idea nails it on both accounts.