Comments on: IBM makes world map 1000 times smaller than grain of sand

By: Jhan Davis

Jhan Davis — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:50:09 +0000

I’ll be keeping an eye on this. When we can pick up a case of polyphthalaldehyde templates at Staples, along with the ultrafast etcher, I’m replacing my DVD burner.

By: Ashutosh Chandra

Ashutosh Chandra — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:48:40 +0000

It’s a great work, Now we can Imagine the power of Nanotechnology.Feeling proud to be an IBMer.

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Nanoscale Matterhorn | myninjaplease — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:56:35 +0000

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By: geokstr

geokstr — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:08:48 +0000

I heard they used the exact same technology to produce a very realistic, highly legible copy of the Health Care Reform Act. It stacks just 6 inches high and weighs a mere 23 pounds, an absolutely remarkable feat of miniaturization.

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IBM makes world map 1000 times smaller than grain of sand « DPGI — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:02:22 +0000

[...] 1000 times smaller than grain of sand Posted: August 23, 2010 by jcrue in DPGI archives 0 the Foresight Institute: IBM researchers in its Zurich lab have drawn–or rather, carved–a three-dimensional map of the [...]

By: ameryx

ameryx — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:16:51 +0000

What is the unit of “smallness”? Or do you mean that the map is one one-thousandth the size of a grain of sand?

By: Jonathan Silber

Jonathan Silber — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:51:09 +0000

If you can wrap fifteen of these maps around a single strand of human hair, that should free up a whole lot of space in the glove compartment—without mussing the wife’s coif.

By: Jonathan Silber

Jonathan Silber — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:33:41 +0000

Finally— a compact map that folds easily back inside the guidebook!

By: Ferd

Ferd — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:09:33 +0000

Amazing! Way to go, IBM!

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Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:39:09 +0000

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