Bringing a new Meaning to the term “Mobile Lab”.
Lensless, Ultra-wide-field Cell monitoring Array platform based on Shadow imaging or simply LUCAS is this year’s top innovation by the Scientist.
[Its us] an easy-to-use, pocket-size holographic microscope that weighs less than 50g, uses inexpensive, off-the-shelf parts, and can be attached to a cell phone’s camera.
How does the microscope part work?According to the inventor, Engineering professor Aydogan Ozcan:
It illuminates cells with an inexpensive light-emitting diode, captures the shadows they cast, and then processes and recreates the image using an algorithm run on a remote computer. The translucent cells cast “textured” shadows that can reveal internal cell features such as malaria parasites
