Putting the world's tiniest book to shame -- not to mention the
Torah-inscribed grain of rice -- a research team at Osaka University has "written" the letters "Si" using an atomic pen that interchanges silicon and tin atoms, enabling those who have the time, resources, and patience to manipulate said atoms one by one. The results are a diminutive 2 x 2 nm (or 40,000 times smaller than a strand of hair) which took about an hour and a half to complete. The previous best was a laughably large 0.07 x 0.10 mm tome hailing from SFU's Nano Imaging Lab. "It's not possible to write any smaller than this," said researcher Masayuki Abe, adding that, while the project sounded impressive on (really tiny) paper, it had failed to garner him any coveted cool points at the local bar. Next steps for the project will be determined once the team puts the finishing touches on the "g" and the "h."
posted October 18th 2008 9:22PM
"40,000 times smaller than a strand of hair" hey, what length "strand" are you talking about - or did you mean diam? Stoopid dickhead engadget "writer." You asswipes sound like you're in junior high. Mighty Canadians RULE STUPID YANKS!
And the mighty canadians also get drunk and high it seems :)
Incidentally, people have varying thickness of hair anyway, some people have thin hair some have coarser hair that's twice as thick.
What's that stuff between the atoms made of? Write on that!
Si? As in the self-replicating artifact in ADOM?
And on a different topic, which is better: silicon or silicone?
The problem is some Atomic pen keeps running out of atoms and the replacements are so expensive.An Osaka University research team has demonstrated an “atomic pen” that can inscribe nano-sized text on metal by manipulating individual atoms on the surface.
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That is an incredibly steady hand!
Ooops, wrong post. Sorry folks.