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@open-neuroscience.comSep 30, 2026, 3:24 PM

📜 Project Showcase
🛠️ PUMA: 3D Printed Open Source Microscope
👩‍💻 🧑‍💻 Developed by Paul J. Tadrous
👀 To learn more about it: open-neuroscience.com/en/post/puma...
👉 Read their manuscript: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#OpenHardware #OpenScience #OpenSource #OpenNeuroscience

PUMA
3D Printed Open Source MicroscopePUMA is backed up by a peer-reviewed paper in the
Journal of Microscopy and designed for direct eye
observations and ultra-portability with advanced
options for digital imaging, measurements and
computer control.
PUMA is an acronym for:
[P]ortable, [U]pgradeable, [M]odular, [A]ffordable.• Portable: PUMA is totally portable. Not only is it
small and lightweight but it does not require
a computer, smart phone, camera or PC monitor
to operate.
• Upgradeable and Modular: PUMA can used as
a simple but high quality monocular microscope
with an adjustable mirror for illumination,
all the way through a trinocular scope with full
Kohler illumination and an augmented reality unit
for a HUD of its integrated computer.
• Affordable and Open Source: All aspects of the
PUMA are open source and not monopolised
behind paywalls and patents. It is designed to be
built by anyone with access to 3D printing and uses
fixtures and fittings available from retail outlets.
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