OpenFlexure Microscope
Open-source 3D-printed automated microscope for low-resource settings.
The genuinely low-cost option. You print the body, add optics and a Raspberry Pi, and get automated scanning for telepathology or teaching.
- Cost
- Free
- Hardware
- Runs on any laptop
- Offline
- Works without a connection
- Scanner
- Not required
- Your data
- Stays on your machine
- Licence
- CERN-OHL-S-2.0
- Maturity
- production
- From
- OpenFlexure Project, University of Bath
What it is
3D-printable motorised microscope that automates scanning and stitches composite images viewable on a laptop, tablet or phone. Designed explicitly for settings where a commercial scanner is out of reach.
Caveats
Not a diagnostic device, and image quality does not match a commercial scanner. Appropriate for education, documentation and second opinions rather than primary diagnosis.
Licence notes
Open hardware licence; the software is separately open-source.
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