HP Printer Cartridges - Blog » scale http://www.hpprintercartridges.co.uk/blog HP Printer Cartridges Blog Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:19:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Carving The Worlds Smallest World http://www.hpprintercartridges.co.uk/blog/carving-the-worlds-smallest-world/ http://www.hpprintercartridges.co.uk/blog/carving-the-worlds-smallest-world/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 15:57:20 +0000 michael http://www.hpprintercartridges.co.uk/blog/?p=380 IBM have carved a 3D map of the earth using a new nanometer-scale silicon milling machine they have developed. I suppose it’s not really printing as what this device is doing is actually carving away particles but still its extremely interesting.

The map that measures 22×11 micrometers and that took 2 mintutes and 23 seconds to make, would fit 1000 times on a single grain of salt. The nanomill used to make it uses heat and pressure to carve with extreme acurracy.

They also created a scale 3D model of the Matterhorn mountain, heres a video for more information:
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