Intuity Minimic
Low-cost, robotic Microscope with Image Analysis for Malaria
The Minimic is a compact automated microscope developed during my time at Intuity Media Lab. My role covered design, hardware development, and the first version of the software — the controller and the frontend.
Standard laboratory microscopes are built around a person looking through an eyepiece. Remove that assumption and the entire architecture changes. Without a human touching the device, there’s no thermal drift, no vibration from adjusting the optics, no need for the mechanical precision that accounts for those variables. The Minimic measures roughly 15 by 20 centimeters. A camera handles observation; an iPad handles control. Sample analysis runs automatically.
The device was featured in the KI-Studios exhibition and received the UX Design Award Gold, German Innovation Award, and Focus Open Gold.
