nanotech map

[RobA]

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/26...hnologist.html


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[Djekspek]

wow, 1:5 billion scale ... you could put a whole universe in a marble! Sounds like a good theme for an SF movie ;D

[Daelin]

...Why?

and

@Djekspek
Oh no, you didn't...

[Aenigma]

It'd be awesome if they made a globe of that size =D

[Coyotemax]

"Why"

Why not? they're developing a new technology that will have all sorts of applications. Think of carving out circuit boards at this scale, and so on. That's why.

Why a map? It had to be demonstrated that it was possible to etch things at this scale anyhow, any image would have sufficed at this point. So a map was as good as anything else to demonstrate it was *possible*.

Why not a South Park character? Something was going to get drawn out, and it was likely the whim of the researcher at the time.

[ericefortner]

wow, 1:5 billion scale ... you could put a whole universe in a marble! Sounds like a good theme for an SF movie ;D

the way you say it... i remember the MIB... cool map!!!