Manu Prakash: A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami

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Perhaps you've punched out a paper doll or folded an origami swan? TED Fellow Manu Prakash and his team have created a microscope made of paper that's just as easy to fold and use. A sparkling demo that shows how this invention could revolutionize healthcare in developing countries ... and turn almost anything into a fun, hands-on science experiment.
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@redmed10 10 лет назад

Why can't all ted and tedx talks be like this. Useful,inspiring, original, succinct and relevant to modern world.

@lugosky02 10 лет назад

Give this man a nobel prize. Pronto!!!!!

@ishamahmed 7 лет назад

yup. give him a Nobel prize

@najemabaakil29 5 лет назад

Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a Nobel prize in engineering. However, Dr. Prakash did win the MacArthur Genius Grant a couple years back which is also one of the most prestigious research awards in the USA.

@randomdude9135 5 лет назад

Yeah

@indiananimecreator8471 4 года назад

yes he really deserves a Nobel prize

@LKINTELLIGENCE 4 года назад

*Sad, noble is corrupt and biased like oscar.*

@srimansrini 10 лет назад

Manu Prakash and his team's paradigm-shift invention of 50-cent microscope is a revolutionary idea. It certainly going to make lots of differences and wipe out the problem of diagnosis in the poorest part of the world. The rousing applause and standing ovation for his talk foretells its resounding success on the field. Highly recommended. Particularly people from the health departments of different countries should watch this marvelous technology. Highly recommended.

@nickverdier9282 6 лет назад

Open School a

@7_y1ar 3 года назад

its been 7 years since you made the comment. you can still only buy it online on most countries, especially poor ones

@safenders 10 лет назад

this is terrible news for microscope salesmen

@zeekthehammer269 10 лет назад

soon ted may be able to leak free energy machines\ poor guys that control us with energy are gonna be just as sad as these microscope salesmen lol

@D4rkTooga 10 лет назад

Just like horsesales-men at the invention of the automobile.

@safenders 10 лет назад

zeekthe hammer I wish

@flatplant 7 лет назад

This is great news for origami salesmen

@lokeshk3871 5 лет назад

Vishwaguru bharatha

@Skandar0007 10 лет назад

To the 4 microscope companies that disliked this video, deal with it.

@mykuttiangel 5 лет назад

ha ha...

@DevanshGuptaChess 4 года назад

now they are 201

@honeytgb 2 года назад

Lol 🤣

@StephanAinley 10 лет назад

I want to order one for every student of mine right now.

@harsham8122 5 лет назад

In India it still costs nearly 500 Rs.

@karthikkumaran7141 5 лет назад

@@harsham8122 can you say where to buy

@harsham8122 5 лет назад

@@karthikkumaran7141 Hello sir you can buy from Amazon, a single foldscope costs around 500 ₹ to 600 ₹ ,. But still I feel it costly.

@sangramjitchakraborty7845 4 года назад

@@harsham8122 dude a microscope can cost more than 50k rupees and you think 500 is too expensive? A blood test costs more than 500 these days.

@harsham8122 4 года назад

@@sangramjitchakraborty7845 , production cost is way more cheaper bro.

@armitra 10 лет назад

This is what INNOVATION means to me. Look at what he has done. This will change the face of field medicine and pathology. This guy from India has actually come up with an innovation that is impactful, much needed, actually solves a big problem, cuts down cost, mass producible and fun!

@jaimebenito620 10 лет назад

Truly impressive.

@demonsorrows 10 лет назад

These people deserve a Nobel. Amazing. Well done!

@MsSBVideos 8 лет назад

That thing costs less than a chocolate bar! Amazing!

@calanon534 4 года назад

Yes, and it can save more lives than a chocolate bar. Strategically applied, one chocolate bar might save three or four, maybe five, people from a rampaging human desperately in need of dopamine. This microscope? One can save thousands.

@dy5t3ctic32 4 года назад

@@calanon534 lol desperately in need of dopamine

@oliverbernards2911 4 года назад

Dope

@crowpaper2882 4 года назад

this was 5 years ago. why are they not in use everywhere already?

@birdsama6670 4 года назад

Exactly

@minkushkansal8384 4 года назад

@@birdsama6670 there is another TED talk by him from 2017, it gives us the idea that its going somewhere, also to a lot of kids to make them curious and passionate about science. The link to the video is : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ULNPLFrTirQ.html

@ArjunSharma-gy1eq 4 года назад

Capitalism

@williamsmith6921 4 года назад

Because they aren't being used in large places like America and the EU they are being used in developing countries

@crowpaper2882 4 года назад

@@williamsmith6921 well im in a developing country and ive never seen or heard of it

@SAsgarters 10 лет назад

Standing ovation, fuck yeah.

@WaiWu 10 лет назад

This is why I love TED, amazing ideas and people, solving problems that I didn't even know existed. The future is zooming in even closer than I expected.

@0oBlitzoo 10 лет назад

At that cost, every person in the world should have one. Amazing

@tsresc 4 года назад

I got one, 5 years later. XD

@Xarphor 4 года назад

That'd still be like $14,000,000,000 Edit: not enough zeroes

@Leotique 4 года назад

Well they need a device to zoom in.

@alexpotential3190 10 лет назад

I'm very tempted to thumbs down for the simple reason that I recently purchased a microscope for £109....but I decided to thumbs up for the sake of the human race.

@hollowsalah 5 лет назад

Alex Potential that's tuff

@凱-b4u 5 лет назад

that ain't right, it is only like $1 US

@JohnSmith-hc5iu 4 года назад

@@KH-lo4qb Just because some people have it worse than me or you, doesn't mean our problems aren't valid. Get off your fucking high horse.

@Vekcrazah 4 года назад

John Smith i can sense the humor from this comment a mile away... Im surprised you did not

@JohnSmith-hc5iu 4 года назад

@@Vekcrazah The Joke My head

@randomtrucks 10 лет назад

After watching this I can't help but think... Why the hell is our school spending so much money on microscopes?!

@EmeraldDuo 7 лет назад

It's 25 dollars for one...

@KevinknPham 7 лет назад

randomtrucks my middle school once got a couple microscopes from a pharmacy because they got new ones and almost threw their old ones away

@rayr1444 7 лет назад

randomtrucks. Because these are cheap, paper junk. Throwaways, like a plastic water bottle.

@aradhana1099 4 года назад

In India the education is such a headache... Leave it...

@calanon534 4 года назад

*Microsope Mafia!* Imagine, if you will, a gang of toughs. They're mean, nasty, spit their tea on the ground, and chew their Metamucil raw. Fedoras, pinstripe pants, shined shoes.. and labcoats. "We hear that you're attempting to break our monopoly. While we cannot predict the future, it would be horrible if something unfortunate were to befall you." And they walk away, without ever excusing themselves (how rude).

@DarshanSingh-ux9dt 4 года назад

This man needs a noble prize.

@AK56fire 4 года назад

Slight correction: Nobel prize needs this man.

@gladiatoredit2782 2 года назад

@@AK56fire your grammar teacher wants your location

@AK56fire 2 года назад

@@gladiatoredit2782 Apparently, the word play passed you through and through.. Maybe some sort of microscope to get the meaning behind the obvious, would help you.

@gladiatoredit2782 2 года назад

@@AK56fire still active after 2 years 😅

@AK56fire 2 года назад

@@gladiatoredit2782 haha.. Yes.. It's always a delight to hear about Manu's work..

@josephsujai5543 10 лет назад

Proud to be a human. Proud to be an Indian, this is as big as the invention of the light bulb for the developing world

@ПрикладнаЕкономіка 7 лет назад

common, simple used microscope (and higher quality than this paper microscope) cost just 10 usd and little understanding of his user

@sbeast64 10 лет назад

Now your thinking with origami...

@ExclusiveManual 10 лет назад

DaGingerHeadMan *claps*

@wizard2907 10 лет назад

This is brilliant, such a great device. I could listen to this for an hour, 10 min, just doesn't do it justice.

@terrywarren4876 9 лет назад

My packet of 12 Foldscopes arrived in the mail today. I am anxious to start using these portable microscopes in the classroom!

@palak4366 6 лет назад

Hey Terry, Can you please tell me where did you buy it from? The price mentioned on amazon is much higher than the supposed price.

@powerofdiscipline 5 лет назад

Palak it's available on Amazon

@LilOleTinyMe 5 лет назад

Palak I'm guessing they increase the price here so they can sell others at a lost to developing countries.

@SumitSingh-iz9pw 5 лет назад

It's a demand supply thing ... Things in high demand are sold at high price

@amazingdude9042 4 года назад

@@SumitSingh-iz9pw no you fucking moron. Their main aim is to provide it to less developed countries for cheap le even free. All that profit goes into that.

@25platypus 10 лет назад

A great invention that may save millions of lives costing only 50 cents and some origami work. Amazing.

@bswj861 4 года назад

It would be nice if smartphone camera work like a microscope.

@sarangchoudhari3950 4 года назад

We can attach this microscope to mobile camera.

@kamikaze6198 4 года назад

@@sarangchoudhari3950 or just literally mmakeshift one

@tecwzrd 4 года назад

You can build one for about $10 to work with your smartphone to up 175X magnification ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KpMTkr_aiYU.html Or for $65 you can buy the Nurugo Micro for up to 400X magnification ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-82xyRbpM45E.html www.amazon.com/Nurugo-Micro-Smallest-Smartphone-Microscope/dp/B01K07NJUK

@somyongkim6748 4 года назад

There are phone accessories that allow you to use your phone like a microscope.

@SLim-ih7lq 4 года назад

This does bring a smile to my face.

@tsresc 4 года назад

"If you want to zoom something, you better do it yourself."

@verbal007 7 лет назад

Well-deserved standing ovation.

@jamie4390 10 лет назад

Fantastic development for modern technology, it great to see people changing common expensive outdated tools to cheap developed tools.

@IridescentAudio 10 лет назад

best TED in a while

@WisemanTimes 10 лет назад

Brilliant... I hope many kids are saved with this.

@WisemanTimes 10 лет назад

Thomas Rufer Yes indeed.. there is always more that can be done.. but the first steps are always needed for the rest to follow. This will allow that first step to happen anywhere that it is needed.

@AllRise87 10 лет назад

Thomas Rufer Yes, but for many of these diseases, early diagnosis is the best cure.

@atulsharma2521 8 лет назад

Just revolutionary

@Hoshilover422 7 лет назад

agreed

@sushanthmarathe246 10 лет назад

Low cost technology is the future, every human should enjoy the benefits.. Who would dislike this video? Crazy..

@IsSac_NOOBton 4 года назад

Pakistanis

@shaamsolanki2881 4 года назад

@@LKINTELLIGENCE Gaumutra drinkers commenting on a science video?

@ViratKohli-jj3wj 4 года назад

@@shaamsolanki2881 goat cutter commenting on a Science video?

@shaamsolanki2881 4 года назад

@@ViratKohli-jj3wj I'm an atheist but OK, I like mutton and beef.

@ViratKohli-jj3wj 4 года назад

@@shaamsolanki2881 I am an atheist too. But I hate Pakistanis.

@upendrasinhmahida6375 4 года назад

Yes yes yes.give this genius a noble prize of medicine.he deserves it.this is a genuine Indian brain.god bless him.

@sugarsyrupp 10 лет назад

I applaud you Manu Prakash. This is amazing

@vadagh 10 лет назад

Nobel Prize worthy.

@user-fx2oo3bi9c 4 года назад

People :Every school need at least one microscope .🧐 This man : Every person need own microscope .😎

@amangupta-bc4oi 9 лет назад

mind blowing. he really went out of the box to bring such a technology at such a price. thats somethng called "technology for masses". waiting to use it someday. cheers for science.

@shivansh5579 4 года назад

and innovative too

@pradeep815 10 лет назад

Bold, brilliant and a real genius as a designer and incredibly creative & intelligent person...thank you TED and thank you dear Manu Prakash..Heartiest Congratulations...

@magottyk 10 лет назад

Nice adaption of an old idea. The very first microscopes were a single lens in a flat plate that you held up to your eye.

@darkseid856 4 года назад

Those are Simple Microscopes (convex lens) that you are talking about (I guess) But remember that simple Microscopes cannot magnify things to such an extent .

@yashpatel3828 7 лет назад

Genius...! Proud to be an Indian ! 😊

@josepajares5684 10 лет назад

Pure genius.

@nightshadowblade 10 лет назад

Great idea! You should put this stuff in all kinds of magazines, especially for children.

@zwex4 10 лет назад

I'm blown away at how small we (he) can make such complex technology!

@harryj567 5 лет назад

Probably the BEST INVENTION ever!! 🙏

@asaradhi 8 лет назад

great initiative! how do you keep the scope sterile so that users do not get infected during observation? When do you throw the scope away: No of times used before disposal?

@harshitagohil0802 6 лет назад

Hello manu Prakash sir....I have been visited Lucknow for attending IISF....I meet you there...I am the one who asked you about white whole...do you remember...I am huge fan of you....I like your way of talking .... it is a little strange to believe that you are a Indian...but it is a matter of great joy that an Indian man discover foldscope .....at IISF you taught our group to make the microcosmos foldscope.....thank you so much😍☺☺

@harshitagohil0802 6 лет назад

Hole*

@x2xHalox2x 10 лет назад

This should definitely be in schools. and i'll buy one just for the hecks n its cheap haha

@joshstewart2505 10 лет назад

But you could buy a third of a hamburger with that money!

@sunilkumshah8704 6 лет назад

It's 35 $

@endmysuffering2925 4 года назад

Its sold for a higher price for people who buy it for no reason. It's sold at a loss to those in need.

@sikegamingandanimation303 4 года назад

My mom bought it for 50 bucks.

@anveshvanam 4 года назад

2019 and this is still not famous and not available to buy at that price too

@tinybabybread 4 года назад

It costs 50 cents to _make_ It'll always be sold for more than that

@Shadowrunner123 4 года назад

it's 25$ on amazon. Granted, not 50 cents for production, but that's not thousands of dollars.

@tonysmith6967 4 года назад

@@Shadowrunner123 It's actually 1.75$ on their website. www.foldscope.com/ People are buying from their website to sell on other platforms for much costlier. You should order from their website only.

@tonysmith6967 4 года назад

@@tinybabybread It's actually 1.75$ on their website. www.foldscope.com/ People are buying from their website to sell on other platforms for much costlier. You should order from their website only.

@tonysmith6967 4 года назад

It's actually 1.75$ on their website. www.foldscope.com/ People are buying from their website to sell on other platforms for much costlier. You should order from their website only.

@ultravidz 10 лет назад

The marriage of science and art... unbeatable.

@Leotique 7 лет назад

Manu Prakash is surely one of my Idol if it comes to inventions and being creative. Thank you Manu !!!

@mirrorflame1988 4 года назад

Incredible! This would be a great invention that can lead to further inventions reducing the price and complexity of other vital lab equipments!!

@balikakamble1433 9 лет назад

awesome. i really dont know how origami can used for various ways,but this is the best use of origami that really changed extraordinary things. thank you very much.

@Kabuki87 9 лет назад

+Balika Kamble There are other amazing uses for origami, too. One is the folding of air bags in cars so that when they explosively expand they don't get tangled up in themselves. (this is courtesy of Robert Lang, an engineer and origami artist extraordinaire) Additionally, it is now being used in medical settings with devices that can be placed inside the patient and then unfold themselves into the functional configuration.

@Newbie12381 5 лет назад

@@Kabuki87 sorry, i am doing a research about origami and this seems interesting, but i dont see much of the application of origami here,so if you know plese reply

@isaac62 5 лет назад

Found this video recently and discovered that this technology must be rerevealed again

@LETBej 10 лет назад

Finally, a real idea at TED!

@diljothomas 10 лет назад

Fantastic. It will help to change the public health space - the doorstep healthcare

@AkashSingh-nc9zm 7 лет назад

Brilliant!!! I'm just wondering how it's not the most watched TED video..

@accordiongoose4635 4 года назад

Imagine what this will do to the other disposable microscope companies! You’ll put them all out of business!

@ahmedharagi7191 4 года назад

Genius with a great cause.

@ashoksubra 10 лет назад

Some people make their lives utterly useful to humanity. This is one such effort which is absolutely laudable and commendable. Power to science!

@Rabbitsliver 5 лет назад

This should be the standard equipment for every primary, secondary and also tertiary science education everywhere. But why haven't I heard of it anywhere but just on RU-vid as of 2019?

@billybobinthehouse12 10 лет назад

Simple, effective and cheap. You don't get to say that often.

@paulyd1320 10 лет назад

This demonstrates the idea of KISS - keep it simple stupid. While there is incredible engineering and technology behind it. The solution is simple, elegant and makes so much sense. Great job!

@LeonidasGGG 10 лет назад

This is just so awesome, the medical industry will never allow it.

@JatinGera 10 лет назад

i think medical industry will have no choice or control over something profound as this

@Veravanwhoop 7 лет назад

I just received the fully functional scope. It is amazing!

@SangoProductions213 10 лет назад

Holy crap, this is amazing as fucking hell. microscopes cost so much, and are often clunky to use, and break easily. This is super, super cheap...half a dollar, according to them, maybe a full dollar if they want to get a 1:1 profit, extremely, relatively durable...and appears to be pretty basic to use. (Can't really judge that last part, but it looks that way.) Imagine how much schools can save by switching to these, when one of their old microscopes break down instead of shoveling thousands more dollars a year for them. Not to mention it's pretty damned portable. This could very well revolutionize the couple hundred year-old microscope design.

@cmishoo 4 года назад

I just came across this, WOW , absolutely amazing. Who are the 232 A holes that gave this a thumbs down? At what stage is this now?

@Cortesevasive 4 года назад

throw away microscopes really ? thats just extra litter on the streets

@alvarwinquist4147 8 лет назад

This is a proof that small things can make a big impact! :)

@midomamdoh4909 8 лет назад

sure

@pappaflammyboi5799 10 лет назад

I'll give you a standing ovation too... right where I sit watching this video. Impressive, truly impressive. Thank you.

@PARTHASARATHISAMANTARAY 10 лет назад

It was in june 2012 and we are now in 2014. How come we are not seeing this in distribution.

@tilak231 4 года назад

The microscope manufacturers don’t want this guy to ruin their markets!! Same thing happened to a guy who introduced a device /wearable for palm to take all the data with you, but nothing happened after 10yrs from that presentation!

@anshum1675 4 года назад

The 95 dislikes in this video are from microscope companies!

@chessbitz6846 4 года назад

126 now... 😑

@MaxRoudriges 10 лет назад

This video should never get a dislike

@itsmanjutube 10 лет назад

Matter of pride for India and good news for the whole world :) . kudos to this guy :)

@jingo49 10 лет назад

Manu is a 'God send' to humanity .... so it seems .... kudos to him & his team .... heros all.

@KC-hd3wi 3 года назад

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR AMAZING AND INSPIRING WORK SIR MANU !!!!!!!

@a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i93 10 лет назад

I wonder how many lives you can save with this... Bless u :)

@prodyumno 10 лет назад

This is simply awesome sir!!!!!!

@silentwhisper8633 4 года назад

This video from 2014!!!?? Where is he now? Life is truly good against evil. A constant battle to help humans, animals, and Mother Earth. Thank you to ALL the good people, wether smart or not, everyone counts.

@dondake3409 8 лет назад

Underrated Ted talk.

@jayeetamitra2659 6 лет назад

Marvelous...what a finest engineering application he did...truly awesome

@TotallyMH729TsMH 8 лет назад

I wish this will get more views. This is needs to be known to more people :)

@おじさんe 4 года назад

折り紙をこんな使い方するとは着眼点が素晴らしすぎて賞賛の言葉以外見つからない。

@chocomalk 10 лет назад

One person from a microscope company watched this lol

@sittialyssatamama2272 4 года назад

This deserves a nobel prize!!!!!

@sandeepthakur8962 5 лет назад

he is An indian... proud u bro.. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳❤❤❤

@rraju5057 4 года назад

Stop this indian indian thing.... m sure u wouldn't like it if a white guy comments.. he is white n m proud of him.. i'm also n indian..

@utubedano 10 лет назад

OMG! I'm soo blown away!! Absolutely brilliant!!

@leanderbarreto6523 4 года назад

He basically went back to the original leeuwenhoek microscope with an LED.

@sahiba27g 9 лет назад

It's awesome , just 50cents and you have the whole setup to diagnose is a wow

@spongedudeZ 8 лет назад

And to think the Iphone, while fancy is hardly revolutionary, sells for $1000..

@dawnqwerty 7 лет назад

spongedudeZ but like an Iphone is incredibly more powerful than a microscope

@masanobumaou 6 лет назад

Thats true. But can u see bacterias with it? Ignoring joke, we should not compare the two, but 1000% for a mobile is still too expensive. It's not that I want an iPhone anytime soon and ever. If it works well a Chinese budget phone is my choice. But I get the point, that is, we should think more how to make revolutionary but cheap things that will help people with low or no income. And don't send them (even if we want to just help) machines that they can't operate because of lack of knowledge.

@14bqdonk 5 лет назад

@@dawnqwerty Iphone just expensive because of the "brand"

@14bqdonk 5 лет назад

apple = luxury and makes people proud of using it although its not have many features that other phone brand have that have big difference in terms of price.

@ograkthemonkeyhunter2743 4 года назад

@@14bqdonk well, apples luxury factor is just the look, price and UI. There isnt a benefit for iphones compared to similar level android devices.

@HannahFaber99 10 лет назад

That was amazing that he was able to do that but he needed to dumb down the terms more because some parts just went straight over my head. I hope that these will b all over the works someday soon