The CellScope Disease-Diagnosing Microscope Gets a Color Upgrade

Ariel Schwartz — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:12:04 -0400

A few months ago, we took a look at the CellScope, a tool that turns camera-enabled cell phones and netbooks into handheld microscopes that can diagnose diseases like malaria and tuberculosis. When we originally reported the story, images could only be captured in black and white.

Cellphone Mod Adds HIV Detection Function

Kit Eaton — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:51:36 -0500

Multifunction cellphones get a whole new twist with this modification by UCLA scientists: A microscope add-on that can detect HIV. Dr. Aydogan Ozcan's Lensfree Ultrawide Cell-monitoring Array system simply bolts onto the camera sensor of a cellphone and adds the ability to detect HIV, malaria and other illnesses in places previously without much access to disease diagnosis equipment.