A traditional 200x microscope is a clunky affair, what with all that metal and glass and mechanisms and whatnot. The USB fairy has sprinkled her magic transistors over the obsolescent rubbish used by ...

Humankind is not depending on me to cure some terrible epidemic. That takes the pressure off and lets me have a little fun as I try a device that turns my iPhone into a fairly powerful microscope.

If you're looking for a USB microscope that works with Mac OS X on the cheap, look no further. Compact USB microscopes are excellent for looking at coins, stamps and other exonumia. I've seen them ...

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 ...