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    Arrow The sharpest manmade tool


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    I used to make some sharpish stuff as well. I was able to make slices on average 90nm thick , some thicker an some thinner. Lowest was close on 30nm.

    But we used glass. And it was a bitch to fracture the glass!



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    It's so sharp you can see the atom, AWESOME!

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    Why are people writing an article about my wit?

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    Quote Originally Posted by KittyWolf View Post
    It's so sharp you can see the atom, AWESOME!
    That is what really struck me. I did not know that microphotography had developed to that level. And that pic was taken six years ago.

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    I didn't know that either. I am skeptical as of now...

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    Quote Originally Posted by metberkut View Post
    I didn't know that either. I am skeptical as of now...
    http://www.newscientist.com/article/...s-at-last.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by Corrupt View Post
    Why are people writing an article about my wit?
    .....zzzzing !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Corrupt View Post
    Why are people writing an article about my wit?
    You are a complete tool, but quite a sharp one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ought Six View Post
    You are a complete tool, but quite a sharp one.
    He is as sharp as a marble.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ought Six View Post
    That is what really struck me. I did not know that microphotography had developed to that level. And that pic was taken six years ago.
    I don't think it's an actual photo but a rendered representation of what's being seen. Visible light wavelengths are WAY to long to make out individual atoms.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shermbodius View Post
    He is as sharp as a marble.

    A rubber marble.

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    weaponize it, and then get at me bro.

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    Quote Originally Posted by C.Puffs View Post
    I don't think it's an actual photo but a rendered representation of what's being seen. Visible light wavelengths are WAY to long to make out individual atoms.
    It's an actual photo, but not taken using light.

    It's more like a false colour image, or a projection. You are directly observing atoms, but not in the spectrum of light. Rather in the spectrum of ionized atoms themselves, as they are used to create the image.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaveDash View Post
    It's an actual photo, but not taken using light.

    It's more like a false colour image, or a projection. You are directly observing atoms, but not in the spectrum of light. Rather in the spectrum of ionized atoms themselves, as they are used to create the image.
    Someone got an A+ in his chemistry class.

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