They’re not very small, by microbiology standards… Most are bigger than the bacteria I work with. The phage is 10x bigger than the real phage it’s modeled on, and it’s just a bit of solid carbon. It can’t even infect anything!
Steve_Csays
The Escher one is SICK.
SEFsays
I can’t open the page at all (just get an error message) – despite repeated attempts with many hours between them. :-/
Unfortunately, if it’s some sort of firewall vs spyware issue (eg it wants to track me and cookie me) I have less (= almost no!) control over the details of that on this new computer than I did with the old one that fried.
DustPuppyOIsays
I’m laughing at Chisai Benjo, the disposal site, too. Do you think they’ll make a squat version too?
True Bobsays
They all look irreducibly complex to me. Oh, wait, they were designed.
Torbjörn Larsson, OMsays
Ah yes, you see many beautiful/bizarre things when you do micro/nano-scale viewing or fabrication.
Technically, the dynamic electron mirror was most interesting IMO. It reminds me of material imaging where you excite a localized surface wave (with a laser for example) and read of the response (perhaps with another light source), kicking the material to learn about it from its response. Cool tricks!
It can’t even infect anything!
True, but you can also CVD deposit and etch similar structured vertical lasers in for example III-V materials. If you read Vernor Vinge you know that even a weak communication laser can infect a whole space ship with bugs…
Torbjörn Larsson, OMsays
Ah yes, you see many beautiful/bizarre things when you do micro/nano-scale viewing or fabrication.
Technically, the dynamic electron mirror was most interesting IMO. It reminds me of material imaging where you excite a localized surface wave (with a laser for example) and read of the response (perhaps with another light source), kicking the material to learn about it from its response. Cool tricks!
It can’t even infect anything!
True, but you can also CVD deposit and etch similar structured vertical lasers in for example III-V materials. If you read Vernor Vinge you know that even a weak communication laser can infect a whole space ship with bugs…
Carliesays
OMG the first one is the Hand of God!
Just turns out he’s reeeeeally tiny.
Richsays
Just amazing. I love this stuff almost as much as Vampyroteuthis infernalis.
HPLC_Seansays
Those micrographs illistrate why I don’t bother with reading fiction, watching TV, or going to movies. Reality is always more beautiful and more amazing than anything we can imagine.
CForrester says
Absolutely amazing. I loved the “collection site” :)
Don Monroe says
Eat your heart out, Studebaker Hawk.
Rosie Redfield says
They’re not very small, by microbiology standards… Most are bigger than the bacteria I work with. The phage is 10x bigger than the real phage it’s modeled on, and it’s just a bit of solid carbon. It can’t even infect anything!
Steve_C says
The Escher one is SICK.
SEF says
I can’t open the page at all (just get an error message) – despite repeated attempts with many hours between them. :-/
Unfortunately, if it’s some sort of firewall vs spyware issue (eg it wants to track me and cookie me) I have less (= almost no!) control over the details of that on this new computer than I did with the old one that fried.
DustPuppyOI says
I’m laughing at Chisai Benjo, the disposal site, too. Do you think they’ll make a squat version too?
True Bob says
They all look irreducibly complex to me. Oh, wait, they were designed.
Torbjörn Larsson, OM says
Ah yes, you see many beautiful/bizarre things when you do micro/nano-scale viewing or fabrication.
Technically, the dynamic electron mirror was most interesting IMO. It reminds me of material imaging where you excite a localized surface wave (with a laser for example) and read of the response (perhaps with another light source), kicking the material to learn about it from its response. Cool tricks!
True, but you can also CVD deposit and etch similar structured vertical lasers in for example III-V materials. If you read Vernor Vinge you know that even a weak communication laser can infect a whole space ship with bugs…
Torbjörn Larsson, OM says
Ah yes, you see many beautiful/bizarre things when you do micro/nano-scale viewing or fabrication.
Technically, the dynamic electron mirror was most interesting IMO. It reminds me of material imaging where you excite a localized surface wave (with a laser for example) and read of the response (perhaps with another light source), kicking the material to learn about it from its response. Cool tricks!
True, but you can also CVD deposit and etch similar structured vertical lasers in for example III-V materials. If you read Vernor Vinge you know that even a weak communication laser can infect a whole space ship with bugs…
Carlie says
OMG the first one is the Hand of God!
Just turns out he’s reeeeeally tiny.
Rich says
Just amazing. I love this stuff almost as much as Vampyroteuthis infernalis.
HPLC_Sean says
Those micrographs illistrate why I don’t bother with reading fiction, watching TV, or going to movies. Reality is always more beautiful and more amazing than anything we can imagine.