skywizard
10th May 2014, 20:27
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The eye-strain implications alone are staggering.
To promote the upcoming Exceptional Hardware Software Meeting (EHSM) in Hamburg, Germany, a team of DIY artists and scientists has etched the world�s smallest comic strip on a single human hair.
Titled �Juana Knits The Planet,� the strip was created by German artist Claudia Puhlfurst, then carved into the hair using a process called focused ion beam (FIB) etching. �A very sharp and high-speed jet of matter is produced and directed towards the hair to etch it � similar to a fine laser beam,� according to the project�s YouTube page.
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Juanita, a ten micron-tall girl-turned-robot, is the star of "Juanita Knits the Planet," the world's smallest comic strip.
Each of the strip�s 12 frames measures in at around 25 micrometers. A micrometer, or micron, is one millionth of a meter. A typical human hair is anywhere from 20 to 200 microns in width.
The second annual EHSM event bills itself as a meeting of international makers, hackers, scientists and engineers aiming to deliver on the �third industrial revolution.� The rest of the conference looks pretty trippy, too.
Among the presentations: electron beam welding, quantum cryptography and the interesting things that happen when molten glass, heated to 1,260 degrees Celcius, hits water. I�ve always been curious about that.
You can check out the �Juana Knits the Planet� project video below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urxflpkY8n8
Source: http://news.discovery.com/tech/get-your-glasses-comic-strip-etched-on-human-hair-140509.htm
peace...
The eye-strain implications alone are staggering.
To promote the upcoming Exceptional Hardware Software Meeting (EHSM) in Hamburg, Germany, a team of DIY artists and scientists has etched the world�s smallest comic strip on a single human hair.
Titled �Juana Knits The Planet,� the strip was created by German artist Claudia Puhlfurst, then carved into the hair using a process called focused ion beam (FIB) etching. �A very sharp and high-speed jet of matter is produced and directed towards the hair to etch it � similar to a fine laser beam,� according to the project�s YouTube page.
http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/blogs/dnews-files-2014-05-comic-strip-etched-human-hair-b-w-670-jpg.jpg
Juanita, a ten micron-tall girl-turned-robot, is the star of "Juanita Knits the Planet," the world's smallest comic strip.
Each of the strip�s 12 frames measures in at around 25 micrometers. A micrometer, or micron, is one millionth of a meter. A typical human hair is anywhere from 20 to 200 microns in width.
The second annual EHSM event bills itself as a meeting of international makers, hackers, scientists and engineers aiming to deliver on the �third industrial revolution.� The rest of the conference looks pretty trippy, too.
Among the presentations: electron beam welding, quantum cryptography and the interesting things that happen when molten glass, heated to 1,260 degrees Celcius, hits water. I�ve always been curious about that.
You can check out the �Juana Knits the Planet� project video below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urxflpkY8n8
Source: http://news.discovery.com/tech/get-your-glasses-comic-strip-etched-on-human-hair-140509.htm
peace...