Needle Microscope Wins SPIE Startup Challenge
CRAWLEY, Australia, and BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb. 14, 2014 — A new needle microscope that will assist in breast cancer treatment has earned SPIE’s annual Startup Challenge. The “Microscope in a Needle” project, developed by a team from western Australia and led by Robert McLaughlin, an associate professor at the University of Western Australia’s Optical and Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, earned the top prize. The award also includes $10,000 in cash, $5,000 worth of Edmund Optics’ products to further