Engineers Create "Nanobamas"

[TechBear_Seattle]

Engineers Create "Nanobamas"

President-elect Barack Obama's image looms larger than ever in the media these days, but now his face has been rendered in 3-D portraits smaller than a grain of salt, using nanotechnology.

The mini-Barack Obamas were made by John Hart, an engineering professor at the University of Michigan, who dubbed them "nanobamas."

Each nanobama contains about 150 million carbon nanotubes stacked vertically like trees in a forest. A carbon nanotube is an extraordinarily strong hollow cylinder about 1/50,000th the width of a human hair.

Hart created the "nano art" to raise awareness of nanotechnology and science.

"Developments like this are an excellent way to bring the concepts of nanotechnology to a broader audience," said Hart, who made the portraits with his colleagues by working late on a Friday evening. "Also, we thought it would be fun."

The article continues at http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081118/sc_livescience/engineerscreatenanobamas

[mikelgb]

1. nerds!

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. And damned proud of it

:hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. But cool nerds, nonetheless.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

4. HAHAHAH this gave me such a smile!! I want nanobamas!!!

god it feels GOOD to luv Obama. :headbang: :D

YES, I'm indulging in hero-worship, don't know why I feel defensive about that, but haven't we wanted a light out of the tunnel? I lurvs Obama because based on his track record, he IS so admirable.

[krispos42]

5. So they're about 22 thousandths of an inch wide.

You can see that with the naked eye. If you eyes are sharp. I don't think you could make out the details, but you could definately see height and width.

[paparush]

6. As a code-writing geek, I for one welcome our Nanobama overlords.

[Marrah_G]

7. Awesome!