(Bodelin Technologies: Lake Oswego, OR) -- Bodelin Technologies, manufacturer of the ProScope HR (1.3 megapixel imager), the world’s first hand-held USB microscope, has begun shipping their new higher resolution ProScope HR2 (2 megapixel imager).

The new ProScope HR2 features the new state-of-the-art, AptinaT imager, which was originally made for surveillance, with large pixels that take in more light than other imagers on the market. The Bodelin engineering team customized this imager to allow extensive imaging adjustment and light emitting diode (LED) intensity control. The most impressive feature is the ability to actually stream true pixels at higher resolutions. The ProScope HR2 is the only digital microscope in the world that can do this. Other imagers stream at 640 × 480 and only interpolate to simulate higher resolutions. The total effect in the ProScope HR2 is live video that appears to be four to five megapixels in clarity while only using an actual two-megapixel imager. The new cobalt black handle says this is a serious tool yet the price point is equal to the previous ProScope HR, which will remain in the product line at a lower cost. The ProScope products are currently used in tens of thousands of schools, universities, law enforcement forensic labs, manufacturing quality control, medical and telemedicine since 2001.

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