HankScorpio

Seriously geeky:



A Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gear train manufactured on silicon. The larger gear at center is about 80 microns wide.

Human hair is about 100 microns so you're talking about maybe 10 of those small gears in the width of a hair.

More electron microscopy here:
Peering into the micro world - The Big Picture - Boston.com

ScoobyDoo555

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Dan

tanyatriangles

iTrader: (2)

Hmmmmmmmm, so waht does that gear train actually DO?

For anyone who knows a little about gears or even basic mecahnics, the three or four equal sized gears seem to be a bit of a waste.

Jamz3k

mind boggling in my opinion, i just can't grasp that things could be manufactured that small in the same way i can't grasp that the universe goes on and on and on.

Simple minded

EddScott

Micro Machines you say



Way cooler than crappy coggy things.

ronjeramy

iTrader: (1)

Here's me thinking it was a thread about the little toy cars you used to get