A new microscope can be printed on a flat piece of paper and assembled with a few extra components in less than 10 minutes. All the parts to make it cost less than a dollar, according to Stanford ...

Laser scanning microscopes are useful for all kinds of tiny investigations. As it turns out, you can build one using parts salvaged ... this into a laser scanning microscope, the optical pickup ...

The microscope is based on micro-optics and semiconductor optoelectronics, both readily mass-fabricated, and integrates all optical parts in a tiny package that is easily held by the fingertips.