Invention vs Innovation -- New Cheaper Microscopes

A college student designs a battery-powered small microscope for only $240?!  Loved this news from the Rice 360: Institute for Global Health Technologies.  Reminds us that innovtaion cannot thrive without actual invention of new things. 

For more on that, read Why Science is Important for Innovation from the new book by Gordon Conway and Jeff Wage in our special issue of Development Outreach magazine on the power of innovation.