There are few things I like more than seeing someone come up with a startlingly low-cost solution to an otherwise expensive problem. Instructables user Yoshinok has done just that by turning a few pieces of Plexiglas, a laser pointer and an iPhone into a highly capable digital microscope. The entire project cost around US$10 (not including the iPhone itself, of course), but the results are downright amazing.
Using the focus lens from a cheap laser pointer as the magnification device, Plexiglas slides to support the phone and items being inspected, and a
