The UT-Dallas Nano- U.S. Flag
The flag stands on a pole cut by a microscopic version of a laser.
Image source: CNN / AP / Univeristy of Texas at Dallas
Image source: CNN / AP / Univeristy of Texas at Dallas
An AP newswire article, via CNN, reports that:
Imagine singing "Oh, say, can you see" to a flag you can't see.More here.
That's what graduate students at the University of Texas at Dallas had in mind when they created the likeness of an American flag so small it would take more than 10 to span the width of a human hair.
While the work of electrical engineering students Jang-Bae Jeon and Carlo Foresca has so far been rejected by the Guinness Book of World Records, they hope the process will lead to advances in nanotechnology, a world of creations viewed only through microscopes.
posted by Fergie @ 7/04/2006 07:33:00 AM
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