[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;18732702]With the tinyest amount of gold possible, still not that expensive.[/QUOTE]
I know, just pointing it out. It costs over 5 thousand dollars to look at a house fly!
Our tax money at work.
Assuming they already had the equipment, this probably didn't cost that much.
Ahhh it's made of tin and not snow :(
[QUOTE=Dr. Doctor;18732671]It would of actually: with a scanning electron microscope you need to coat specimens in gold.[/QUOTE]
I doubt that. You need the surface of the scanned object to be metal. For example a fly isn't made of metal, so you need to cover it in gold. The snowman was already made of metal, and actually out of metal used to calibrate the microscope.
And even if they had to coat it in gold, it it would be about as much as gold as you have accumulated in your body.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;18732985]I doubt that. You need the surface of the scanned object to be metal. For example a fly isn't made of metal, so you need to cover it in gold. The snowman was already made of metal, and actually out of metal used to calibrate the microscope.
And even if they had to coat it in gold, it it would be about as much as gold as you have accumulated in your body.[/QUOTE]
If it could be any metal, then why wouldn't they use a cheaper metal such as lead?
They use gold due to its high conductivity of electrons, which other metals lack. Platinum does this as well, but is much more expensive.
[QUOTE=Dr. Doctor;18733076]If it could be any metal, then why wouldn't they use a cheaper metal such as lead?
They use gold due to its high conductivity of electrons, which other metals lack. Platinum does this as well, but is much more expensive.[/QUOTE]
Tin is still a very good conductor, so it doesn't need to be coated.
And I think they don't use gold only because it's good conductor, because if that was true, they would use silver or copper, which are even better conductors while being much cheaper.
[QUOTE=PartyPancake;18732883]Our tax money at work.[/QUOTE]
You're an idiot. Go work at some assembly line.
And that's not flaming, with a statement like that it's fact.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;18733226]Tin is still a very good conductor, so it doesn't need to be coated.
And I think they don't use gold only because it's good conductor, because if that was true, they would use silver or copper, which are even better conductors while being much cheaper.[/QUOTE]
There are about 5 different conductions, you know.
Wow, it's really cold in here.
No really.
[QUOTE=Fijgum;18734021]You're an idiot. Go work at some assembly line.
And that's not flaming, with a statement like that it's fact.[/QUOTE]
I'm glad that's not flaming. If it was you would melt the snowman.
[QUOTE=Fijgum;18734021]You're an idiot. Go work at some assembly line.
And that's not flaming, with a statement like that it's fact.[/QUOTE]
I'm sorry, have I offended you in some way?
More like tiny Tin Man.
[QUOTE=Euphorium;18735409]More like tiny Tin Man.[/QUOTE]
except tin man looks like this
[img]http://barrynapierwriting.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/tin-man.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;18730141]Source: [url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/04/smallest_snowman/[/url]
[img]http://regmedia.co.uk/2009/12/04/smallest_snowman.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Rad
See this is what science is all about.
"Lets come up with the most ridiculous idea and try to find a practical use for it!"
For example some decided that Lasers, see though gel and slat crystals would be an interesting mix. Now we have the possibility to store about 1TB of data in something the size of a sugar cube.
This machine could be use to make micro computer components in the future. Supercomputers that fit in the palm of your hand.
Imagine...
[QUOTE=thisguy123;18746971]Supercomputers that fit in the palm of your hand.[/QUOTE]
that sounds like a fucking awesome plasmid
Instead of curing cancer making a new fuel source or making my cell phone smaller they made this :downs:
atomic force microscopes are REALLY COOL
[QUOTE=Swimbound;18749845]Instead of curing cancer making a new fuel source or making my cell phone smaller they made this :downs:[/QUOTE]
Because having the ability to make a tiny snowman means they have the ability to cure cancer. :downs:
And that, gentlemen, is where our tax money goes :rolleye:
How needs practical physics like rockets and shit, when we can have awesome physics like tiny snowmen.
[QUOTE=Swimbound;18749845]Instead of curing cancer making a new fuel source or making my cell phone smaller they made this :downs:[/QUOTE]
Yes because there is only a handful of scientists in the world and they all work on one thing at a time
[QUOTE=Swimbound;18749845]Instead of curing cancer making a new fuel source or making my cell phone smaller they made this :downs:[/QUOTE]
I like how you grouped making your cell phone smaller in with curing cancer.
somehow this is the coolest thing ever.
the physicist probably were drunk when they got this awesome idea.
Now thats remarkable
[QUOTE=jota de;18753118]And that, gentlemen, is where our tax money goes :rolleye:[/QUOTE]
because all scientists are funded by taxes
[QUOTE=Swimbound;18749845]Instead of curing cancer making a new fuel source or making my cell phone smaller they made this :downs:[/QUOTE]
This is still resarch into nano technology, which could someday have applications in any of those things you listed.
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