Portable Microscope Uses Holograms Instead of Lens

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 1, 2011 @01:58PM from the discount-medical-supply dept.

Zothecula writes "While financial contributions are certainly a great help to health care practitioners in developing nations, one of the things that they really need is rugged, portable, low-cost medical equipment that is compatible with an often-limited local infrastructure. Several such devices are currently under development, such as a battery-powered surgical lamp, a salad-spinner-based centrifuge, and a baby-warmer that utilizes wax. UCLA is now working on another appropriate technology in the form of a small, inexpensive microscope that uses holograms instead of lenses to image what can't be seen by the human eye."

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"utilizes" makes me cry by gumbi+west · 2011-09-01 14:53 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"utilizes" = "uses" every singe time. Saves you 4 letters and from sounding like the kind of person who would you a longer word for no reason (aka, a manager who has lost confidence from not knowing how to do anything anymore).