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Introducing the World's Smallest Snowman
Filed in archive Research by jeff goldman on December 4, 2009
Introducing the World's Smallest Snowman


The UK's National Physical Laboratory has created the world's smallest snowman, measuring 10 µm across.


"This minuscule model -- about a fifth the width of a human hair -- is not made out of snow," writes DVICE's Charlie White. "It's constructed of two tiny tin beads that are usually used to calibrate an electron microscope, and welded together with platinum. It's built by David Cox, a nanotech expert at the Quantum Detection Group of Britain's National Physical Laboratory."


"Sadly, the NPL appears to currently lack the technology to create a nanocarrot or miniature Santa hat, but we have no doubt it's working on a deposited platinum system capable of tackling these decorative shortcomings," notes The Register's Lester Haines.


More here from Wired ... and more here from Gizmo Watch.



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