January 4, 2008: Teeny Ted’s Turnip Triumph

xoxoxoBruce · 01-04-2008, 08:10 PM

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It’s a big feat of the tiniest proportions. Simon Fraser University’s Nano Imaging Lab has produced the world’s smallest published book.

The only catch — you’ll need a scanning electron microscope to read it.

At 0.07 mm X 0.10 mm, Teeny Ted from Turnip Town is a tinier read than the two smallest books currently cited by the Guinness Book of World Records: the New Testament of the King James Bible (5 X 5 mm, produced by MIT in 2001) and Chekhov’s Chameleon (0.9 X 0.9 mm, Palkovic, 2002).

(By way of comparison, the head of a pin is about 2 mm).

The production of the nanoscale book was carried out at SFU by publisher Robert Chaplin, with the help of SFU scientists Li Yang and Karen Kavanagh. The work involved using a focused-gallium-ion beam and one of a number of electron microscopes available in SFU’s nano imaging facility.

With a minimum diameter of seven nanometers (a nanometer is about 10 atoms in size) the beam was programmed to carve the space surrounding each letter of the book.

The book is made up of 30 microtablets, each carved on a polished piece of single crystalline silicon, and has its own International Standard Book Number, ISBN-978-1-894897-17-4.

The story, written by Chaplin’s brother Malcolm Douglas Chaplin, is a fable about Teeny Ted’s victory in the turnip contest at the annual county fair.

Considered an intricate work of contemporary art, the book is available in a signature edition (100 copies) from the publisher, through the SFU lab.

I guess between the book and the electronic microscope to see it, it would be a pretty expensive gift.

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Sheldonrs · 01-04-2008, 08:30 PM

I think I'll wait until they turn it into a mini series.

monster · 01-04-2008, 09:06 PM

How terrible that people with access to these famtabulous machines should use them for such trivia -eh, beest?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-04-2008, 09:39 PM

Telling tales out of school, Monster?

monster · 01-04-2008, 10:05 PM

moi?

Sheldonrs · 01-05-2008, 12:50 AM

Has Bruce been using the electron microscope to find..er..I mean EXAMINE his penis again? hahaha

ZenGum · 01-05-2008, 01:45 AM

I wonder what they use as a bookmark.

I wonder who did the pictures.

I wonder what the storyline is like.

And I wonder if they were planning to print "The Erotic Adventures of Two Young Sluts who Love to F***", but the pages kept getting fused together...

Shawnee123 · 01-05-2008, 09:19 AM

Hey, quit plagiarizing!

TheMercenary · 01-06-2008, 07:45 PM

That is crazy!

Aliantha · 01-06-2008, 07:48 PM

I only want to know why.

Wisp · 01-07-2008, 03:20 AM

It's all about reading in between the lines...

runswithknives · 01-07-2008, 10:53 AM

So whats next on IOTD's "Super Mega-Fantastic NANO week?"

findpolitics · 01-07-2008, 01:23 PM

Facinating.

Here's a link to a more-zoomed in shot of the first page ...

http://www.robertchaplin.ca/asset/im...ew02_teeny.jpg

Wombat · 01-07-2008, 04:35 PM

Wow, nice font, cool layout. Bit tricky to read though.

Sheldonrs · 01-08-2008, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by runswithknives

So whats next on IOTD's "Super Mega-Fantastic NANO week?"

Pics of Monster's privates? hahahaha

01-04-2008, 08:30 PM	#2
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	I think I'll wait until they turn it into a mini series. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

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monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	How terrible that people with access to these famtabulous machines should use them for such trivia -eh, beest? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Telling tales out of school, Monster? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	moi? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I wonder what they use as a bookmark. I wonder who did the pictures. I wonder what the storyline is like. And I wonder if they were planning to print "The Erotic Adventures of Two Young Sluts who Love to F***", but the pages kept getting fused together... __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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Wisp Kinda New Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1	It's all about reading in between the lines...

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