Papercraft Spectrometer

The Public Lab Papercraft Spectrometer folds up in minutes to transform your smartphone into a simple spectrophotometer. This easy to build kit can be used for a variety of activities or experiments.  Just take a picture of the resulting spectra image on your phone and upload that photo to SpectralWorkbench.org. 

This kit includes:

• 1 Papercraft Spectrometer printed sheet
• Printed of 80# “Desert Storm” paper
• 1 DVD-R in sleeve
• 1 .9mm slit

Already have this kit? Read instructions for building it, watch this video, or try an activity:

• Detect added sugar in red wine,
• See what's really in your olive oil
• Use Beer's Law to measure the concentration of a sample

Got a question about the kit? Get answers from one of our many contributors on our Questions Section.