The eye-strain implications alone are staggering. <\/p>\n
To promote the upcoming Exceptional Hardware Software Meeting (EHSM) in Hamburg, Germany, a team of DIY artists and scientists has etched the worlds smallest comic strip on a single human hair. <\/p>\n
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Titled Juana Knits The Planet, the strip was created by German artist Claudia Puhlfurst, then carved into the hair using a process called focused ion beam (FIB) etching. A very sharp and high-speed jet of matter is produced and directed towards the hair to etch it similar to a fine laser beam, according to the projects YouTube page. <\/p>\n
Each of the strips 12 frames measures in at around 25 micrometers. A micrometer, or micron, is one millionth of a meter. A typical human hair is anywhere from 20 to 200 microns in width. <\/p>\n
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The second annual EHSM event bills itself as a meeting of international makers, hackers, scientists and engineers aiming to deliver on the third industrial revolution. The rest of the conference looks pretty trippy, too. <\/p>\n
Among the presentations: electron beam welding, quantum cryptography and the interesting things that happen when molten glass, heated to 1,260 degrees Celcius, hits water. Ive always been curious about that. <\/p>\n
You can check out the Juana Knits the Planet project video below. <\/p>\n
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