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September 2, 2011 03:05 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/xRMzpv8GNY0/Portable-Microscope-Uses-Holograms-Instead-of-Lens
Portable Microscope Uses Holograms Instead of Lens
Zothecula writes "While financial contributions are certainly a great help to health care practitioners in developing nations, one of the things that they really need is rugged, portable, low-cost medical equipment that is compatible with an often-limited local infrastructure. Several such devices are currently under development, such as a battery-powered surgical lamp, a salad-spinner-based centrifuge, and a baby-warmer that utilizes wax. UCLA is now working on another appropriate technology in the form of a small, inexpensive microscope that uses holograms instead of lenses to image what can't be seen by the human eye."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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