09:21 minutes · Filmed Jun 2012 · Posted Mar 2014 · TEDGlobal 2012
In this cool demo from TED Fellow Manu Prakash, meet a microscope made of paper that’s easy to fold and use (and costs about 50 cents to make). These cheap, cutting-edge microscopes could help rural health clinics diagnose diseases faster — and for students, it turns the world into a hands-on science experiment. Watch now » Innovation