WHO Compendium of Innovative Health Technologies
A WHO compendium of innovative health technologies.
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Media Coverage and Socials
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Community and Media
OpenFlexure is a global community of people developing, using and sharing open-source microscopy technology. Follow our work, connect with other community members, and discover how OpenFlexure is being used around the world.
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Reports and Publications
Explore reports, technical publications and policy documents relating to OpenFlexure and the wider field of open-source technology. This collection covers topics including accessible scientific hardware, health innovation and the role of open technology in research and healthcare.
Note on a Proposed United Nations Centralised Database of Open-Source Appropriate Technologies
A report produced for the development of United Nations Economic and Social Council Resolution E/RES/2021/30.
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Distributed Manufacturing of Open Hardware: A Report of the Open Hardware Distribution & Documentation Working Group
A report examining distributed manufacturing of open hardware and the role of open hardware distribution and documentation.
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Building Blocks for Better Science: Case Studies in Low-Cost and Open Tools for Science
A report presenting case studies of low-cost and open tools for science.
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The Impact of Open Source Software and Hardware on Technological Independence, Competitiveness and Innovation in the EU Economy
A study examining the impact of open-source software and hardware on technological independence, competitiveness and innovation in the European Union.
Read ReportVideos
See OpenFlexure in action through project introductions, build guides, independent reviews and stories from our collaborators. These videos explore how our microscopes are designed and built, what they can do, and how open-source microscopy is supporting research, education and healthcare around the world.
Welcome to OpenFlexure
A video we made to introduce people to the project. It covers the hardware, software and community in a short celebration of all things OpenFlexure.
Stronger 3D Prints & Less Supports: How to Design for 3D Printing
JanTec Engineering covers the principles of designing printed parts without supports, featuring the OpenFlexure Microscope main body as an example that's too cool not to share.
Exploring the Microcosmos with a 3D Printed Microscope (OpenFlexure)
Astro By Orlando normally covers astrophotography and made his own incredible observatory. Here, he shares his experience building and using an OpenFlexure Microscope.
Building the OpenFlexure Microscope
Tim from Tinker Tech Trove shows his microscope, how he built it, and some of the amazing images he's taken.
The Kenya Open Telepathology Project (OpenFlexure Microscope)
A beautifully produced 36-minute video from our collaborators at Meru University and Dr. Daniel Maitethia, exploring their work to support healthcare in Kenya.
What can OpenFlexure do for Global Health? - OFM, Baylor and Rwanda
Co-produced with collaborators at Baylor College of Medicine, this video explores our work in a pathology centre in Rwanda and how OpenFlexure is making a difference to healthcare in the south of the country.
Media articles
Discover articles, features and news stories about OpenFlexure from external publications and media outlets. These pieces highlight the people, projects and applications behind our work, from open-source hardware development to its use in research, education and healthcare.
- OpenFlexure: Microscopy for Everyone
- Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. 'Frugal tech' will build us all a better world
- Microscopy for everyone: How the OpenFlexure Microscope is changing global healthcare
- Local Ingenuity, Global Impact: How the OpenFlexure Microscope is Enabling Microscopy for Everyone
- 3D Printing Microscopes Around the World
- A $500 Open Source Tool Lets Anyone Hack Computer Chips With Lasers
- Telepathology for Everybody: Part 2 - Meet the pathologists bringing telepathology to low-resource settings
- Telepathology for Everybody: Part 1 - The story of the OpenFlexure 3D-printable microscope
- UVA Professors, Students Launch Open-Source Maker Library for Teachers
- Sandra Waterwood Acquah: Navigating the World of Synthetic Biology Through iGEM
- Microscopy Workshops in Ghana
- 3D printed microscope promises bigger, better science
- WACCBIP HOLDS BIO-IMAGING WEST AFRICA 2022 WORKSHOP
- Microscopy made to order
- High-spec open-source microscopy for all
- OpenFlexure: an open-source 3D printed microscope
- Making hardware 'open source' can help us fight future pandemics - here's how we get there
- How DIY technologies are democratising science
- OpenFlexure Microscope
- Print your own laboratory-grade microscope for US$18
- Print your own laboratory-grade microscope for US$18
- Print your own laboratory-grade microscope for £15
- Robotic microscopy for everyone: the OpenFlexure Microscope
- Precision for $100: The OpenFlexure Microscope
- OpenFlexure Block Stage: 3D printed sub-micron mechanical precision
- "Sustainable Development Technology and Beyond" -- VigyanShaala @ UPES, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
- Five innovative ways to use 3D printing in the laboratory
- Could 3D printed microscopes improve water testing?
- Open-science hardware in the developing world
- 6 cool open-source projects built in Bristol and Bath
- The quest for open science
- The OpenFlexure Microscope goes to MozFest 2017
- 3D printed microscopes to boost science in developing countries
- The OpenFlexure Microscope: A Lifesaving Water-Testing Device You Can 3D Print at Home
- Open source, 3D printed microscope runs on Raspberry Pi
- This open source, 3D printed microscope runs on Raspberry Pi
- This 3D-Printed Microscope Is Bringing Water Testing to the Developing World
- Female Scientists Journey to Antarctica and into Leadership
