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Synthesis of Anthropomorphic Molecules
An anonymous reader submits "Chemists at Rice have synthesized a set of 2nm tall molecules resembling humans. They make impressive use of a modular and composable assembly process involving torsos, lower bodies, and heads. Full article can (w/ protocols) be had here. Make your own NanoKid today!" The article itself is payware, but the pictures are not, and worth visiting.
I for one, welcome our new molecular overlords :-P
I suffer from attention surplus disorder.
We are now one step closer to nanoporn!
Can someone who has a subscription to ACS post the "gist" of the article?
That way, it can entice some of us to subscribe.
Grump.
(student with too much credit card debt...avoid using plastic when possible).
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Looks like we've already got a nominee for 2004 Ig Nobel prize in chemistry or physics.
But then again, I could be wrong.
That's a pretty close likeness.
A programmer is a machine for converting coffee into code.
According to a footnote in the article, "An education outreach program has been established based on 3-D animations of anthropomorphic figures called NanoKids. See: http://nanokids.rice.edu."
I guess these color figures better illustrate what the authors had in mind.
Yeah because this is useful in anyway... Let's throw some more tax dollars at the project and give them some pet dogs and hell why not a seamonkey.
Granted this is a well known and respected research, but that does not give him the right to piss away your money.
Here is a link with some more info
I found the article on google here it is.
...no one gets their Ph.D. from this work.
I happen to agree with the parent's sentiment. Perhaps the moderator who marked this as a troll can enlighten us with how this is a useful scientific/engineering development and justify the cost to the tax payers. And thanks for the link, this is just plain disgusting.
they now have voodoo dolls small enough to get back at us for the magnifying glass...
Or is that not good enough a reason?
This program is clearly part of the NanoKids project at Rice University which is intended to develop new ways to educate children about nanotechnology and chemistry. Kids get interested when they find out that you can play with molecules just like tinkertoys. There's a difference between telling a kid, "You know you could make a molecule shaped like a human being if you wanted" and actually doing it.
Not to mention some poor organic chemistry student learned a hell of a lot about synthesis by making those molecules.