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Started by Matthew Hampton , Jan 11 2010 10:01 AM

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Matthew Hampton
Posted 11 January 2010 - 10:01 AM

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How would you like to work at a scale of 1 trillionth (1/2 width of a human hair)?

The Photonics Research Group has done it!

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Jean-Louis
Posted 11 January 2010 - 02:41 PM

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How would you like to work at a scale of 1 trillionth (1/2 width of a human hair)?

The Photonics Research Group has done it!

Attached File  smallworld_sem.jpg   190.86K   171 downloads


Cool!
Next challenge: the Lord's prayer written inside Switzerland on that map.
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Hans van der Maarel
Posted 11 January 2010 - 04:10 PM

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Cool!
Next challenge: the Lord's prayer written inside Switzerland on that map.


How about one of Derek's posts inside the Vatican? :P
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Derek Tonn
Posted 12 January 2010 - 12:17 AM

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Oh...it's on now, buddy! :lol:
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Posted 12 January 2010 - 10:34 AM

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Seems the Greenwich meridian is not in the right place... :lol:

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Posted 12 January 2010 - 10:38 AM

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Interesting

@ Hans, Derek - :lol:
Thanks for the laugh! :)
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Posted 12 January 2010 - 03:17 PM

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Good one to pull out the next time someone complains about small type on a map!
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