“Faith is a fine invention, when gentleman can see. But microscopes are prudent in an emergency”, that’s according to an American poet Emily Dickinson. Ancient microscope can be traced back with the appearance of a magnifying glass, which during those times was used as a burning glass. The first microscope was made through the alterations made to the telescope. It all started 400 years ago when three different eyeglass makers have been given credit for the invention of this extraordinary equipment.

One of the newest additions to the family of microscopes is projection scopes. A precision engineered device capable with a high power compound light microscope body with an added feature of projecting the microscopic image to a wall or projection screen. If you are thinking if they work like an overhead projector then you are definitely wrong, this special microscopic equipment has a full feature of a built in biological compound microscope. And not only that, it also comes with an actual prepared microscope slides or living tissue specimens are viewed compared to simple overhead transparencies as found in an overhead projector. What makes it unique is the built in projection screen that comes in different specifications with a particular model. This projection screen replaces eyepiece lens which shows a magnified image of the specimen. Other features of this scope includes measuring scale which is particularly useful for specimens that require data analysis and measurements in length and width, other models may even have a built in measuring reticle and mechanical screen pointers.

If come to think of it, projection scopes is two instruments built in one. It is both a biological microscope fitted with a projector that is great for classroom presentations, research work and teaching with many viewers can benefit from the imaging and presentation benefits that it could offer. It is user friendly and works like regular compound microscopes with slight difference in settings.

Projection scopes application includes in the field of medicine. Since its invention, it made a tremendous change in the face of medical research. It goes far beyond the operating room and more crucial in the medical research labs studying about the present epidemic and finding ways of curing certain diseases. The use of projection scopes has been widely utilized in analysis of human embryos that could detect fetal diseases and disorders through the use of ultrasounds can now be studied and resolved through scientific evaluation with aid of projection microscopes. Now more researchers can evaluate human cells, study embryos, and many other things with an ease as group where they can view the finding simultaneously without hassle.