Using the iPhone (or any mobile smartphone or tablet device, really) for medical purposes isn't a new thing, but it's nice to see the applications people cook up. Just recently at Disrupt we saw Smartheart, and apps like Skin Scan are decentralizing some simple self-monitoring tasks like melanoma detection. We've also seen lots of physical additions to the iPhone camera. You can get wide-angle lenses, telephotos, and even a 12x microscope lens. But a team of researchers at UC Davis has one-upped the competition by making the iPhone into a 350x microscope for very low cost. Now you'll be able to send people Instagrams of your blood cells.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/keHo32urVxc/
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