If you’re an avid hobbyist who works with electronics or models (or anything else that requires assembly with tiny parts), you know that sometimes it’s impossible to see what you’re building with the ...

Which USB microscopes are best? The world is an awfully big place. For example, according to the National Science Foundation, the globe is 71% ocean, yet only 5% of that has been discovered or charted ...

Digital cameras sure have come a long way, but they’re limited by the realities of glass and plastic. So if you want to capture far-off subjects, you need a telephoto lens. If you want to photograph ...

A Japanese company called esupply is selling a cool little microscope [JP] that can be hooked to computers via a microUSB port (Windows only). The device boasts a 2MP CMOS sensor made by Sanyo and ...

When I was younger, I spent a lot of time collecting things around the house and using a microscope to examine them. While I had a lot of fun examining things, the one thing that was lacking was the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In recent times, there have been leaps and bounds with the kind of microscopes available to us, such as AI-powered microscopes that can help ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Everyone knows the rise of smartphones has put powerful cameras in our pockets, but we forget these cameras ...