"Biology has to be in situ. I'm going to have to create a prototype (...) and it has to be low cost," said Edgardo Mundaca, a technician from the ULS Biology Department about the new invention that aims to bring science closer to the schools.A group of scientists from the University of La Serena (ULS) created a device that turns any cell phone with a camera into a functional microscope.MICRO-HOEK emerged as a technological solution for learning microscopic biology in vulnerable schools that do not have the means to access these devices.“Biology has to be in situ.I am going to have to create a prototype (…) and it has to be low cost”, Edgardo Mundaca, a technician from the ULS Biology Department, told ULS Focus.Also read: Secrets of Ómicron are revealed thanks to a powerful microscope: What's next?The expert clarifies that this is a microscope prototype, that is, it captures the image.Mundaca began by disassembling various objects, from cameras to cell phones, in order to obtain the most important part of a microscope, which is the lens.For this reason, together with Mariano Rodríguez, they ended up disassembling a computer and identified that the lens that this device has is exactly what they needed.With two tubes of toilet paper, ice cream sticks, elastic, a laser reader and a three-volt battery form the main kit of this adapter and through a cell phone with a camera, it allows you to capture images and record videos, a function that conventional microscopes cannot realize.Read also: The transhuman era is here to stay: This is how microchips work that allow you to pay with your handThe prototype has been used in countries like Colombia, Mexico, Argentina and even Spain.