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OpenFlexure Microscope

The OpenFlexure project is an open-source initiative focused on development of 3D printed, laboratory-grade digital microscopes and positioning stages, making high-quality microscopy accessible to...

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October 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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OpenFlexure: A Collaborative Microscope Without Borders

OpenFlexure is an automated digital microscope which can be used in both scientific and medical environments - and can be 3D-printed anywhere in the world! It was initially designed at United Kingdom […]

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A cartoon of people in multiple laboratores using the product.
October 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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The 150th illustration in the #storyseedlibrary comes from @the_lemonaut and represents something largely missing in the #solarpunk visual language so far:

#openhardware collaboration, both engineering and scientific, on the example of the #openflexure […]

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International collaboration between engineers and scientists who work with the OpenFlexure microscope shown as a comic happening inside of the Open Hardware logo, a cog that opens slightly at the bottom to the shape of a keyhole. In each panel is a pair of people busy at their desks. One from each pair crosses the panel boundaries to pass a tool to the next person. Others are constructing their microscopes or doing research using them. A git flow diagram runs along the cog, nestling in its teeth. Behind the cog is a colorful mess of curling cables, overlapping tools, roots, and splashes of water, referencing what the included scientists are working on which involved the microscope.
October 7, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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#OpenHardware

The OpenFlexure project is an open-source initiative focused on development of 3D printed, laboratory-grade digital microscopes and positioning stages, making high-quality microscopy accessible to all.

openflexure.org/
International collaboration between engineers and scientists who work with the OpenFlexure microscope shown as a comic happening inside of the Open Hardware logo, a cog that opens slightly at the bottom to the shape of a keyhole. In each panel is a pair of people busy at their desks. One from each pair crosses the panel boundaries to pass a tool to the next person. Others are constructing their microscopes or doing research using them. A git flow diagram runs along the cog, nestling in its teeth. Behind the cog is a colorful mess of curling cables, overlapping tools, roots, and splashes of water, referencing what the included scientists are working on which involved the microscope.
October 9, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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OpenFlexure: A Collaborative Microscope Without Borders
In a sustainable tomorrow technology is created cooperatively and shared freely around the world - and some such projects exist today! The Open Source Hardware movement promotes collaborative creation and distribution of even the most complex devices without locking them with patents or intellectual property. OpenFlexure is a great example of it - an automated digital microscope which can be used in both scientific and medical environments - and can be 3D-printed anywhere in the world! It was initially designed at United Kingdom universities, but was then tested, used and improved by a community now spanning over 70 countries! It was assessed for malaria research in Tanzania, used to measure soil health in Argentina and water quality monitoring in Ukraine.
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October 7, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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Humanitarian Technology Trust is hiring a Research Software Engineer (RSE) working with OpenFlexure microscope team, University of Bath and University of Glasgow.

Opportunity to work on a premier open science hardware project, with exemplary reproducibility through comprehensive documentation.
Humanitarian Technology Trust
The Humanitarian Technology Trust is focused on advancing open-source humanitarian technology through local manufacturing. We believe that empowering local manufacturers is the best way to ensure life...
httrust.org
August 26, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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gitlab.com/openflexure/... We welcome a new project to OpenSustain.tech #climate #sustainability #opensource #opensustain #openscience
OpenFlexure / openflexure-microscope · GitLab
A 3D printable microscope and translation stage
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August 18, 2026 at 6:27 AM
deepdyn.bsky.social
Vom Schlamm in der Fröttmaninger Heide direkt ans Mikroskop! 🌾🔬
Unsere „ #Schlammforscher “ sammeln Proben, dokumentieren ihre Funde und steuern magnetische Bakterien am OpenFlexure-Mikroskop live im Kreis! 🧲🦠
Unterstützt werden sie von internationalen PhDs ✨
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#MINT #OpenFlexure #München
August 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
deepdyn.bsky.social
Keine teure Spezialausrüstung nötig: Open Science macht Forschung und MINT-Didaktik für alle zugänglich. 🌍🌱
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Ein Openflexure Mikroskop mit Gamecontroller -Steuerung. Nur noch ein Bildschirm oder ein Beamer müssen für das Bild angeschlossen werden. Unsere OpenFlexure Mikroskope Steuerung mit dem Gamecontroller zum Navigieren und Scharfstellen.
August 11, 2026 at 2:48 PM
deepdyn.bsky.social
Aus dem 3D-Drucker ins Klassenzimmer! 🖨️🔬
Open source 3D-Druck-Mikroskopen wie dem OpenFlexure Microscope machen gute Mikroskopier den Schulen zugänglich.
Günstig, robust und perfekt, um die Mikrowelt live zu erleben! 👇
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August 11, 2026 at 2:48 PM
deepdyn.bsky.social
Woche 1 bei #MiniMünchen geschafft! 🔬✨
Kids erforschen Schlamm & suchen darin magnetotaktische Bakterien – live am #OpenFlexure Mikroskop! 🧲🦠

#SciComm
#OpenScience #MINT #München
August 7, 2026 at 8:31 PM
hydrophotonics.bsky.social
Everything's open-source:
COSMIC: github.com/Edreva/COSMIC
EasyDPC: github.com/Edreva/EasyDPC
Demonstrated on two superb open platforms - openFrame (github.com/ImperialColl...) and OpenFlexure (openflexure.org).
August 6, 2026 at 9:03 AM
paimaamu.bsky.social
I spoke with Richard Bowman and William Wadsworth of the OpenFlexure project today. They have open-sourced methods and softwares to make 3D printed microscopes.

Looking forward to a good collaboration with them.

openflexure.org
The OpenFlexure project
The OpenFlexure project aims to make high precision mechanical positioning available to anyone with a 3D printer - for use in microscopes, micromanipulators, and more.
openflexure.org
November 27, 2024 at 4:31 PM
cellmorphosero.bsky.social
I think I should travel everywhere with a portable microscope (hi OpenFlexure!) and slides, like a cell biology troubadour.
March 27, 2026 at 6:16 AM
julianstirling.bsky.social
10 years ago I started to measure Big G at NIST. 8 years ago I left to work on the OpenFlexure Microscope. At NIST measurement continued. The project took many twists and turns over the next 8 years. Finally, it is published!

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
A large coordinate measurement machine. A bearded man with purple gloves leans through the side of the machine to adjust the gimbal of a torsion balance that sits on it.
April 17, 2026 at 8:36 AM
julianstirling.bsky.social
Frustratingly printables also doesn't (or at least didn't) allow the CERN Open Hardware Licence as an option.
This means OpenFlexure derivatives on there are hared with the wrong license😡
February 12, 2026 at 8:31 AM
julianstirling.bsky.social
Looks great. We have some assembly tooling in the OpenFlexure project for exploded assemblies. Would love to know if they are useful to others.
December 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
julianstirling.bsky.social
My point was that I'd never get one due to the cost implications of needing to be party to a contract in US law. We had UK universities refuse too.
Honestly I don't really need a certificate to say OpenFlexure is open source, it has been built all over the world, the community contribute..
August 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
julianstirling.bsky.social
On the prior art point, we have seen OpenFlexure papers cited as prior art limiting the scope of European parents. This implies European patent offices check the academic literature for prior art.

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August 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
julianstirling.bsky.social
The component library used by OpenFlexure to create diagrams is now online at Wikimedia.

This was never meant to be a closed resource, it just never found its way into the open in full. Or if it did, I couldn't find it today and had to search my own computer!

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mi...
Isometric drawings of microscopy components that can be combined for scientific diagrams.
August 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
julianstirling.bsky.social
Took my OpenFlexure Microscope to a demo today. I decided to walk. It's nice to have a project portable enough you can carry it 4km along the Bath Skyline.
#Portability #Microscopy #Bath
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May 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
julianstirling.bsky.social
I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Chief Executive at the Humanitarian Technology Trust!

The Trust is a new UK Charity supporting open-source technologies that benefit humanity. Our first project the OpenFlexure Microscope.

Find out more at httrust.org

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Four OpenFlexure Microscopes arranged in a square and viewed from the top. Each microscope is white, but each has accents in a different colour.
May 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
julianstirling.bsky.social
The OpenFlexure stand at #FOSDEM is buzzing. Come see us in building H.

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February 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
julianstirling.bsky.social
This video looks so cool:
www.bilibili.com/video/BV1mf6...

They have modified an OpenFlexure to use an OpenMV camera, and to add motion control buttons and a little screen.

There is a whole video tutorial, it's a shame I don't speak Chinese :(

#OpenHardware

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January 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM