Monday, April 21, 2008

Nifty stuff over at Machine Phase blog

A couple of interesting things from Tom Moore's Machine Phase blog. One is a comparison between a carbon buckyball and a geometrically similar structure made from DNA using (what appears to be) Paul Rothemund's DNA origami technique. Note the teeny dot in the middle, that's the carbon buckytube.

The other is very interesting because it combines nanotech with my interest in 3d printers in an unexpected way. Specifically it's about using a 3d printer to print parts for an atomic-force microscope, using selective laser sintering. These microscopes typically cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Hopefully this approach will make them much more affordable for universities, and perhaps high schools and even individual hobbyists.

The white plastic pieces were the things printed with the 3d printer. I always thought of SLS as something done with metal, but I guess it works with plastic too.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

machines are many types,electronic machines,diesel machines etc.that's very impotent for our life.
EOT Cranesevery work do with machines.

Lakshmi Balu said...

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