(May 1, 2015) Researchers
at the University of Houston have created an optical lens that can be placed on
an inexpensive smartphone to amplify images by a magnitude of 120, all for just
3 cents a lens.
Wei-Chuan Shih, assistant professor of electrical and
computer engineering at UH, said the lens can work as a microscope, and the
cost and ease of using it – it attaches directly to a smartphone camera lens,
without the use of any additional device – make it ideal for use with younger
students in the classroom.