Indian-Americal biologist Manu Prakash had printed a microscope onto an A4 sized paper. This simple tool is not known as the microscope, and it was dubbed as Foldscope. Foldscope can save billions of lives and it only costs Rs 30.

This Indian Professor Invented Foldable Microscope That Can Save Billions Of Lives

Well, Microscope is something which we usually see in our school labs, pathology centers and in hospitals. However, do you know Microscopes are known as inconvenient pieces of research equipment ever developed by the human.

The microscope is used to identify diseases since 1644. However, it is still largely an expensive instrument and requires the extensive amount of learning to use it regularly, and it was never easy to carry microscopes out of the field to diagnose disease because of heavy weight.

Indian-American biologist Manu Prakash had printed a microscope onto an A4 sized paper. This simple tool is not known as the microscope, and it is dubbed as Foldscope. Foldscope is a lifesaver, especially in developing nations where the disease like Malaria and Dengue is on the rise.

 Image Source: Foldscope

Image Source: Foldscope

Manu Prakash said “In Kenya, there are not enough anti-malarial drugs, but even still they are given blindly. They are over-used because people are so scared.”

Image Source: Youtube
Image Source: Youtube

Well, microscopes can correctly diagnose and treat a disease and can prevent deaths, but as we already mentioned access to microscopes are restrained to test labs, causing delays and false diagnoses. So, to avoid these Manu Prakash and his team invented Foldscope which is made out of paper and is extremely easy to use.

Image Source: Youtube
Image Source: Youtube

Manu Prakash said, “You can throw it in water, stand on it, jump on it and throw it from a five-storey building.” Initially, they made a 1,000 of these microscopes, and this microscope costs approximately 50 cents (Rs 30) only!

Well, if you want to know how this foldable microscope works, then you need to check out the video where Manu Prakash describes how it can Save Billions Of Lives.

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