IBM speed-etches world's smallest 3D map
source: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/16/20100426/ttc-ibm-speed-etches-world-s-smallest-3d-6315470.html
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From the people who created the computers that saved all the holocaust victims details, fast forward 60 odd years....IBM has demonstrated a 3D micro-etching device that it claims will dramatically lower the cost and complexity of building nanoscale objects. Skip related content
The technique uses a carbon nanotip a few nanometres (nm) wide, heated to 330 degrees centigrade and then manipulated to etch 3D models on a variety of materials.
The team used the device to build a 1:1.5 billion scale model of the Matterhorn and a 3D relief map of the world so small that a 1,000 could be printed on a grain of salt.
"Advances in nanotechnology are intimately linked to the existence of high-quality methods and tools for producing nanoscale patterns and objects on surfaces," said Dr Armin Knoll of IBM Research in Zurich.
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The technique uses a carbon nanotip a few nanometres (nm) wide, heated to 330 degrees centigrade and then manipulated to etch 3D models on a variety of materials.
The team used the device to build a 1:1.5 billion scale model of the Matterhorn and a 3D relief map of the world so small that a 1,000 could be printed on a grain of salt.
"Advances in nanotechnology are intimately linked to the existence of high-quality methods and tools for producing nanoscale patterns and objects on surfaces," said Dr Armin Knoll of IBM Research in Zurich.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/16/20100426/ttc-ibm-speed-etches-world-s-smallest-3d-63...
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