A creative team at IBM made a rather elaborate little stop motion film recently*. “Little” is a key word here. The moveable elements are atoms (well, actually CO molecules), moved with a scanning tunnelling microscope! They are calling the project “Atomic Shorts”, it seems. (Pause…) Yep, on reflection, I think I will stay away from all the obvious juvenile jokes that spring to my mind…
See the film here:
There’s a “making of” film (of course), which you can find below, along with some of the science behind (and in front of) the film, and the people involved:
By the way, see the YouTube channel Made with Atoms for more films.
Enjoy!
-cvj
*Thanks aef!
