[A. Cemal Ekin] over on PetaPixel reviewed the Apexel 200X LED Microscope Lens. The relatively inexpensive accessory promises to transform your cell phone camera into a microscope. Of course ...

While I have seen optics turn these cameras into pretty good microscopes, my setup added nothing more than a phone tripod ... and pulled out a half-finished kit for a bit of soldering practice.

“You don’t have to put in these copper wires [for phone lines] anymore; you have the [cell] towers. It’s big business,” says bioengineer Daniel Fletcher of the University of California, Berkeley, who ...