# Turn Your Smartphone Into a Digital Microscope!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-smartphone-into-a-digital-microscope/689621>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 30, 2014, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-smartphone-into-a-digital-microscope/689621 "2014-05-30T07:46:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![welcome-to-my-world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a88e4f/32.png) [@welcome-to-my-world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welcome-to-my-world)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-smartphone-into-a-digital-microscope/689621/1 "2014-05-30T07:46:43Z")

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This is wild.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KpMTkr_aiYU/maxresdefault.jpg "Turn Your Smartphone Into a Digital Microscope!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpMTkr_aiYU)

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**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-smartphone-into-a-digital-microscope/689621/2 "2014-05-30T14:14:30Z")

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Reported. Apologies if its innocent.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-smartphone-into-a-digital-microscope/689621/3 "2014-05-30T14:22:54Z")

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> [@Raza](#):
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> Reported. Apologies if its innocent.

I think it’s innocent. Carry on!

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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-smartphone-into-a-digital-microscope/689621/4 "2014-05-30T15:19:54Z")

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That’s really cool. Hmmm, I might have most of the components lying around come to think of it…

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**Author:** ![welcome-to-my-world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a88e4f/32.png) [@welcome-to-my-world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welcome-to-my-world)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-smartphone-into-a-digital-microscope/689621/5 "2014-05-30T18:19:50Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> I think it’s innocent. Carry on!

What’s all this about. Have I done something here. I just thought it was cool.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-smartphone-into-a-digital-microscope/689621/6 "2014-05-30T18:23:11Z")

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> [@welcome-to-my-world](#):
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> What’s all this about. Have I done something here. I just thought it was cool.

We’re just really aggressive about controlling spammers.

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**Author:** ![welcome-to-my-world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a88e4f/32.png) [@welcome-to-my-world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welcome-to-my-world)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-smartphone-into-a-digital-microscope/689621/7 "2014-05-30T19:34:59Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> We’re just really aggressive about controlling spammers.

Cool. I just love neat stuff.