Observing the microscopic world using a cheap webcam

The fine folks over at Tweak Labs converted a cheap webcam into a microscope by inverting it’s lens, then used it to create this excellent video of some microscopic creatures doing their thing. They don’t have documentation about their build completed yet, however there is an Instructable that explains the process.

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