New High-Speed Nano Imaging Device

Roland Piquepaille writes "Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built a new nano imaging device which is 100 times faster than current technology. Not only is the 'FIRAT' (Force sensing Integrated Readout and Active Tip) much faster than the current 'AFM' (atomic force microscopy), it also is able to take movies and to simultaneously capture several physical properties of nanostructures, such as stiffness, elasticity or viscosity. In fact, the FIRAT probe, which works like a microphone, could one day replace AFM. One of the researchers commented that 'We've multiplied each of the old capabilities by at least 10, and it has lots of new applications.'"

Comments

nano?

[eobanb]

Damn, and I thought this was about Apple's new top-secret iPod camera.

Sadly,

[ian_mackereth]

my first thought was that we could finally apply phrenology to dust mites.

I need to get out more.

Goes with my

[Anonymous Coward]

This will go perfect with my High-Speed Nano Scratching Device (aka pocket)

Great...

[brogdon]

Yet another device my ex-girlfriend can claim she'd need to find my unit.

Thanks a lot, march of scientific progress...

Got a number?

[Sneetch]

Man, if you know a girl who would say, "I'd need a Force sensing Integrated Readout and Active Tip probe to find your unit!"... can I meet her?

Force Sensing?

[mk_is_here]

Force sensing Integrated Readout and Active Tip...

So it could help find out Jedi candidates within us?

Weeeeeeell

[mr_jrt]

'We've multiplied each of the old capabilities by at least 10, and it has lots of new applications.'

Well....*MY* new high speed nano-imaging device has multiplied capabilities that go to 11...so there!