You know, it's really, really hard to write a
post about dice without making that World Series Of Dice reference (clikkityclikkityclack! and all that), so we'll save it, but damn if those ain't some small dice. Iriso Seimetsu Co., Ltd.'s gone and created some 300 micron wide machined-brass dice, measuring a scant 0.027mm³, or 0.3 x 0.3 x 0.3mm. The price for knowing you too can jump in on some lilliputian back alley binge drinking dice throwing? For you, kid, ¥100,275 (about $865 US), but do keep in mind these puny tools of chance take 9 hours to make -- that and they'll throw in a special case for carrying 'em around in. Microscopic brass knuckles for enforcing those gambling bets not included, and don't even think about wrapping these around your rear view.
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posted Aug 17th 2006 1:43PM
doesn't seem to be much point in that, but it sure is cool.
"You know, it's really, really hard to write a post about dice without making that World Series Of Dice reference (clikkityclikkityclack! and all that),"
Looks like you failed.
Wow I mean just imagine playing that on the floor if you had carpet. Lol you would never find the dice.
I could be picky to suggest that only a die was shrunk and not dice. But either way, I wonder if they roll.
hmm... roll the dice with a sneeze. I'm imagining all the microbiologists playing yahtzee with each other under a microscope... Wish i had a microscope
The title makes this sound much more exciting than it is. I was expecting tales of a 'shrink-ray' or at the very least 'as we approached 0 Kelvin the dice shrank to x microns'...this is just an example of some fine machining.
Fight breaks out at D&D party:
I swear, I rolled 3 6s in a row! didn't you see?
LOL
Look at how it's sitting on that surface. It's almost as if the scale is so small, that you can see how they, or any object, sink into the surface they rest, as if the surface were liquid (*is* it liquid? What's it resting on?).
One word comes to mind: why?? I could see creating these as a test for a machining process, but . . . selling them? Who's buying?
I bought my momma a car, and spent the rest on...PCP.
The surface it is resting on is probably carbon tape. That picture looks like it was taken with a SEM (scanning electron microscope) and carbon tape is often used to hold samples in place, as well as to ground the part.
So I'm thinking, that the mass missing from the individual "spots" may influence the roll. Imagine, "Pre-Loaded" dice.
So now, someone with a Scanning-Tunneling Electron Microscope is thinking about how many silicon atoms s/he'll have to move around to make it 100x smaller.
I want 300nm instead of 300mm!
Or would it then have to be a silicon die? :)
I can't help but wonder at what size the dice are no longer fair, as in no longer immune to ambient electric forces....
I asked myself, WHY? too. But, now imagine freezing these brass die to around -270'C... even smaller. "cool", Yatzee for ants
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