The World's Smallest Snowman is 10 µm across, 1/5th the width of a human hair. The snowman was made from two tin beads used to calibrate electron microscope astigmatism. The eyes and smile were milled using a focused ion beam, and the nose, which is under 1 µm wide (or 0.001 mm), is ion beam deposited platinum.
posted by netbros
on Dec 19, 2009 -
35 comments
Tiny Art Director Bill Zeman’s daughter is the Tiny Art Director. She tells him what to draw and then tells him just exactly how much she hates it. Bill has been recording her comments and posting them with his art since she was two and a half.
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posted by various
on Feb 19, 2009 -
57 comments
Hollywood Midget Movie Stars. They started as
popular vaudevillians. (From a
review: "The chief feature, however, was the ten scenes in which the Singer Midgets appeared. The Midget strong man, the Midget conjurer, the Midget "Cleopatra" with the winning ways--these and many more were there.") They stormed the
New York stage. They were members of
The Lollipop Guild (YouTube link), as well as playing other
Munchkins. They were suspected of being
German sympathizers. But they may be best remembered for starring in the world's first
all-midget musical western. Now available for your viewing pleasure from YouTube: Part
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7.
posted by Astro Zombie
on Jan 21, 2008 -
32 comments
2-inch books (flash) is a delightful exhibit of tiny hand-crafted books. The
2005 winners (pdf) of the Miniature Book Society's annual competition offers a sampling of little books that have been published. Tiny tomes have been delighting readers and collectors
for 4,000 years. If these tiny treasures intrigue you, perhaps you'd like to collect your own
vintage or
contemporary library.
posted by madamjujujive
on Mar 18, 2006 -
11 comments
Those of you who're Slashdot kids have probably already seen this new computer made in Taiwan, but
it's so small, it may have been overlooked.
posted by jason
on Apr 23, 2000 -
3 comments
