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IBM Makes a Movie Out of Atoms

Posted by Unknown on from the better-than-iron-man-3 dept.

harrymcc writes "IBM's Almaden Research Center has a scanning tunneling microscope, a device invented by the company. It uses it to move individual atoms around — mostly for storage research. But it's created a 242-frame cartoon, A Boy and His Atom, using individual atoms as pixels. Guinness has certified it as the world's smallest movie." 242 frames, and ten 18-hour days of work by multiple people using a very tiny copper needle attached to an expensive machine to move the atoms around.

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  1. Wait... it's not porn by selectspec · · Score: 5, Funny

    What a waste of time.

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  2. The plot by Virtex · · Score: 5, Funny

    A sodium atom and a potassium atom are walking down the street when suddenly the sodium atom stops with a concerned look. "I just lost an electron" he said. "Are you sure?" asked the potassium atom. The sodium atom replied with, "Yeah, I'm positive."

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  3. And the sequel will be a reboot by theurge14 · · Score: 5, Funny

    A big bang, if you will.