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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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
chenry @ Aug 17th 2006 1:49PM
doesn't seem to be much point in that, but it sure is cool.
PDubNYC @ Aug 17th 2006 2:02PM
"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.
Tom Allen @ Aug 17th 2006 2:02PM
Wow I mean just imagine playing that on the floor if you had carpet. Lol you would never find the dice.
Joe Alien @ Aug 17th 2006 2:10PM
I could be picky to suggest that only a die was shrunk and not dice. But either way, I wonder if they roll.
Nathan Strang @ Aug 17th 2006 2:22PM
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
wysiwyg @ Aug 17th 2006 2:24PM
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.
Lagphree @ Aug 17th 2006 2:30PM
Fight breaks out at D&D party:
I swear, I rolled 3 6s in a row! didn't you see?
LOL
blah @ Aug 17th 2006 2:31PM
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?).
Queen of Sheba @ Aug 17th 2006 2:46PM
One word comes to mind: why?? I could see creating these as a test for a machining process, but . . . selling them? Who's buying?
Grits n' Gravy @ Aug 17th 2006 3:41PM
I bought my momma a car, and spent the rest on...PCP.
CBlackmer @ Aug 17th 2006 3:51PM
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.
The Steven @ Aug 17th 2006 3:56PM
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.
DarkFader @ Aug 17th 2006 4:19PM
I want 300nm instead of 300mm!
Or would it then have to be a silicon die? :)
Lee @ Aug 17th 2006 5:41PM
I can't help but wonder at what size the dice are no longer fair, as in no longer immune to ambient electric forces....
Marc @ Aug 18th 2006 2:46AM
I asked myself, WHY? too. But, now imagine freezing these brass die to around -270'C... even smaller. "cool", Yatzee for ants
gargamelo @ Aug 18th 2006 5:27AM
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