Kite 3,263 Report post Posted March 18, 2010 http://scifiwire.com/2010/03/awesome-1-billionth-scale.php There are no Star Trek fanatics like science geek Trekkers, and a couple in Japan have created what we think is the tiniest model of the starship Enterprise ever, above. How tiny? Try 8.8 microns. That's about the size of a human red blood cell. Here's what Screenrant said: Back in 2003, Takayuki Hoshino and Shinji Matsui of the Himeji Institute of Technology in Japan created a one-of-a-kind scale model of the Star Trek Starship Enterprise NCC-1701D. What made the model so unique? It was made of phenanthrene gas and it was exactly 8.8 microns long. For a sense of scale, one micron is 1,000th of a millimeter. How cool is that? Only question is, how do you display it? My question is: how the fuck did he make it? 1 Sledgstone reacted to this Quote Bruce Campbell: '' This place has more security then the Batcave '' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sledgstone 8,672 Report post Posted March 19, 2010 That is awesome! It looks like they made it out of carbon nanotubes? I don't know how they do it, but I've seen a special about carbon were they were able to grow a small company logo and mini towers out of carbon nanotubes after they put a specially coated material into a gas chamber. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HKofsesshoumaru 673 Report post Posted March 19, 2010 LOL The things nerds do! Quote [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "Well, Toutousai...don't you think it's a pity for Tessaiga? All Inuyasha can do is wave about a sword with all his strength...it's the same whether it's a famous sword or a log." -Sesshoumaru Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Myk JL 1,731 Report post Posted March 19, 2010 To boldly go, where no germs has gone before! Quote Those who fight deplorables should see to it that they themselves do not become deplorables. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ladywriter 7,783 Report post Posted March 19, 2010 that thing is cool Quote Look at the flowers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
