Manu Prakash (Part 1): Frugal Science, for Love of the Mundane, and 1 Million Foldscopes (and Counting)

Frugal science and the Foldscope microscope are among the topics
we discuss with Manu Prakash, in part 1 of our multiweek
conversation with the Unilever Colworth Prize recipient and
MacArthur Fellow, who joins us from Stanford University. Prakash
recounts the road to putting high-level microscopes in the hands
of more than 1 million users around the world, as well as his
earliest scientific memories. We also explore science’s role in
our current global pandemic situation and how a problem-solving
mentality extends beyond the laboratory. Season 2, Episode 2,
concludes with a look at how a most unusual material spins a
stronger optical lens. Sponsored by: COMSOL - www.comsol.com MKS
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Photonics Media and airs bi-weekly on Tuesdays. Find links to the
stories mentioned in the episode on our website,
www.photonics.com/podcast.