Foldscope

a low cost microscope made of folded cardboard, a glass bead and an LED light
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Foldscope

Summary

Foldscope ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Foldscope's video is recorded as Foldscope-Origami-Based-Paper-Microscope-pone.0098781.s009.ogv[2].
  • Foldscope's image is recorded as Foldscope-Origami-Based-Paper-Microscope-pone.0098781.g001.jpg[3].
  • Foldscope's subclass of is recorded as optical microscope[4].
  • Foldscope's subclass of is recorded as origami[5].
  • Foldscope's designed by is recorded as Manu Prakash[6].
  • Foldscope's Commons category is recorded as Foldscopes[7].
  • Foldscope's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0_yllh0[8].
  • Foldscope's statement is subject of is recorded as Manu Prakash: A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami[9].
  • Foldscope's statement is subject of is recorded as Foldscope: origami-based paper microscope[10].
  • Foldscope's described at URL is recorded as http://www.foldscope.com/[11].
  • Foldscope's described at URL is recorded as http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2014/03/10/stanford-microscope-inventor-featured-on-ted-talk/[12].
  • Foldscope's Quora topic ID is recorded as Foldscope[13].
  • Foldscope's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778967971[14].

Why It Matters

Foldscope ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).[1] Foldscope has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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  12. [13] . Quora. wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Foldscope. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/foldscope
MLA “Foldscope.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/foldscope.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_foldscope_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Foldscope}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/foldscope}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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