Gallery: Tweet Your Blood Cells With New Microscope Smartphone Adapter

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    Andy demonstrates refocusing using an iPhone 4. *Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired.com*
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    The SkyLight works with different types of microscopes. *Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired.com*
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    Wired.com editor Michael Calore got to test out the video-streaming potential of SkyLight. *Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired.com*
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    The SkyLight, mounted to a microscope *Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired.com*
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    Leaf cells at 400x magnification *Photo: Courtesy of SkyLight*
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    A leaf trichome at 100x magnification *Photo: Courtesy of SkyLight*
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    A normal colon at 100x magnification *Photo: Courtesy of SkyLight*
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    A silver berry scaley hair plant at low magnification *Photo: Courtesy of SkyLight*
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    A spider in amber at low magnification *Photo: Courtesy of SkyLight*
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