Simple microscopes like the brightly colored versions you also see in this guide have fewer features but that means less to go wrong or break, so are better suited to the youngest of observers.

[Birdbrain] is trying to make their own microfluidic devices. To aid in this quest, they need a quality microscope to see what they’re doing. Instead of buying one outright, they purchased a ...

Even so, the basic principles of the Gelsight seem simple enough and possibly within the realm of inspired DIY in the same way that we saw a CNC gantry and USB microscope repurposed as an optical ...

In the following pages, we present inspiring examples of scientists who, using materials as simple as litmus paper ... of flower petals with the help of a microscope—made out of bamboo.

The battery compartment was easy to access so changing the batteries would be simple. Some similarly priced portable microscopes have a USB port so power can be gained from a laptop or power bank.