Low cost medical innovation inspired by folding a piece of paper
Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding which many people enjoy as a creative hobby. Did you know, that something as simple as a folding paper can inspire breakthrough solutions in science? One such example is the Foldscope. Foldscope is the ultra-affordable paper microscope. It was designed to be portable and durable, while performing on par with conventional research microscopes. Manu Prakash and Jim Cybulski from Stanford University observed that while they were on fi