Turn Nokia 1020 into a life-saving microscope

Scientists have successfully developed a microscope device using the popular Nokia 1020 phone to analyze changes in DNA sequences to deal with many new diseases.

Normally, this work is done in highly specialized laboratories with microscopes worth tens of thousands of dollars. Meanwhile, the Nokia 1020 costs only about 200 USD.

The achievement was made by scientists at the University of California and the universities of Stockholm and Uppsala, Sweden. The Nokia 1020 was chosen because it has a 41 megapixel camera sensor.

Thanks to its huge image sensor, the Nokia 1020 can easily be turned into a portable, low-cost microscope that is still capable of effectively analyzing genetic sequences.

This device is especially effective in underdeveloped communities or remote areas where high-tech analytical equipment is lacking.

The above solution also helps to significantly shorten the time of treatment, not only in terms of available equipment but also in terms of easy operation, not requiring specialized techniques.

The device is also quite cheap to produce, costing less than $500, while microscopes that produce similar results cost between $10,000 and $15,000.

According to VNN