8/31/2004: Tiny opera house

Undertoad · 08-31-2004, 02:08 PM

Thanks to Archer for sending this along via here. What you have there is a scale replica of the Sydney Opera House, except that at 64 x 38 x 41 micrometers, it's about half the diameter of a human hair. Apparently it "was built from a hybrid material of glass and polymer by firing intense laser light into the matter in a liquid state to create what to the human eye appears as an almost imperceptible dot, but under an electron microscope it contains the detail and the beauty of the iconic Sydney harbour side structure."

Trilby · 08-31-2004, 02:33 PM

And here I've been wasting my time studying when I could've been doing that!

Um...why would anyone want to do that?

jdbutler · 08-31-2004, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Um...why would anyone want to do that?

So the little people would have a place to hang out?

smoothmoniker · 08-31-2004, 04:17 PM

i hear the acoustics are amazing

Happy Monkey · 08-31-2004, 04:22 PM

The Whos have concerts too!

warch · 08-31-2004, 04:34 PM

Boil that dust speck! Bad monkey.

Leah · 08-31-2004, 05:00 PM

What about all the little tourists and ferry boats that flock to the shores daily! It's not quite the same shape but non the less very very good.

Trilby · 08-31-2004, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

The Whos have concerts too!

The Who's down in Whoville? Or, like Roger Daltry and the Who?

Nothing But Net · 08-31-2004, 08:42 PM

Both Brianna.

It's called a double entendre.

And an excellent one it is, Happy Monkey! GJ.

Elspode · 08-31-2004, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Um...why would anyone want to do that?

Just a small step on the road to nano-machines and structures. Smarter people than me can likely think of zillions of things that nanotechnology will be able to accomplish.

Cyber Wolf · 09-01-2004, 07:17 AM

I wonder if there's a collection of world landmarks. I wanna see the Eiffel Tower and Taj Mahal too!

xoxoxoBruce · 09-01-2004, 07:30 PM

There is a collection but this is the only world landmark. The rest are more mundane. I wish I could remember where I saw them.

08-31-2004, 02:08 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	8/31/2004: Tiny opera house Thanks to Archer for sending this along via here. What you have there is a scale replica of the Sydney Opera House, except that at 64 x 38 x 41 micrometers, it's about half the diameter of a human hair. Apparently it "was built from a hybrid material of glass and polymer by firing intense laser light into the matter in a liquid state to create what to the human eye appears as an almost imperceptible dot, but under an electron microscope it contains the detail and the beauty of the iconic Sydney harbour side structure."

08-31-2004, 04:17 PM	#4
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	i hear the acoustics are amazing __________________ to live and die in LA

08-31-2004, 04:22 PM	#5
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	The Whos have concerts too! __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-01-2004, 07:17 AM	#11
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	I wonder if there's a collection of world landmarks. I wanna see the Eiffel Tower and Taj Mahal too! __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

09-01-2004, 07:30 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There is a collection but this is the only world landmark. The rest are more mundane. I wish I could remember where I saw them. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-31-2004, 02:33 PM	#2
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	And here I've been wasting my time studying when I could've been doing that! Um...why would anyone want to do that?

08-31-2004, 04:34 PM	#6
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Boil that dust speck! Bad monkey.

08-31-2004, 05:00 PM	#7
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	What about all the little tourists and ferry boats that flock to the shores daily! It's not quite the same shape but non the less very very good.

08-31-2004, 08:42 PM	#9
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Both Brianna. It's called a double entendre. And an excellent one it is, Happy Monkey! GJ.

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