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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Cheap DIY Microscope Sees Individual Atoms

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Cheap DIY Microscope Sees Individual Atoms | Hackaday:





This is not an artist’s rendering, nor a physics simulation. This device held together with hardware-store MDF and eyebolts and connected to a breadboard, is taking pictures of actual atomic structures using actual measurements. All via an 80¢ piezo buzzer? Madness.


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Gold atoms in a crystal.


This apparent wizardry is called a scanning tunneling microscope which takes advantage of quantum tunneling. The device brings a needle atomically close to the object to be measured (by hand), applying a small voltage (+-15V), and stopping when it starts to conduct. Depending on the distance between the tip and the target, the voltage varies and does so precisely enough to identify whether an atom is underneath or not, and by how much.


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Thursday, January 8, 2015

35 of the Best Graphic Design Pieces of 2014

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35 of the Best Graphic Design Pieces of 2014

Oktoberfast Poster 2013 by Jeff Harder
Go to image pageOktoberfast Poster 2013 by Jeff Harder

Festival Parallèle 2014, Marseille (DA. Tabas, photo Samuel Guigues)
Go to image pageFestival Parallèle 2014, Marseille (DA. Tabas, photo Samuel Guigues)

The importance of being earnest
Go to image pageThe importance of being earnest

A novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
Go to image pageA novel of Zelda Fitzgerald

Mastri Design Business Card by John Mastri
Go to image pageMastri Design Business Card by John Mastri

Mini Jam poster by Lukas Karasek
Go to image pageMini Jam poster by Lukas Karasek

Christopher Doyle
Go to image pageChristopher Doyle

School of Design by Kulachek Anna
Go to image pageSchool of Design by Kulachek Anna

The Great Gatsby
Go to image pageThe Great Gatsby

Badger Ale, Collector's Edition
Go to image pageBadger Ale, Collector's Edition

Save The Arctic by Mauro Gatti
Go to image pageSave The Arctic by Mauro Gatti

Mild Whistle
Go to image pageMild Whistle

Neo Japan 2202 by Johnson Ting
Go to image pageNeo Japan 2202 by Johnson Ting

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Re-Covered Book by Paul Bartlett
Go to image pageThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz Re-Covered Book by Paul Bartlett

The Fitzgerald Burger Company
Go to image pageThe Fitzgerald Burger Company

Submarine
Go to image pageSubmarine

Bike expo New York
Go to image pageBike expo New York

What I've Learned From Rejection by Thinking Room
Go to image pageWhat I've Learned From Rejection by Thinking Room

Le Grand Depart - Up! by Print-Process
Go to image pageLe Grand Depart - Up! by Print-Process

Urban Outfitters
Go to image pageUrban Outfitters

The Old Man And The Sea by Levente Szabo
Go to image pageThe Old Man And The Sea by Levente Szabo

Ghost in the Shell by Wedge & Lever
Go to image pageGhost in the Shell by Wedge & Lever

Stefanie Wiersch & Kathrin Grunendahl
Go to image pageStefanie Wiersch & Kathrin Grunendahl

Guy Pearce: Cables Movie Poster
Go to image pageGuy Pearce: Cables Movie Poster

Haezer - Gold Plated Frequencies EP by Chris Slabber
Go to image pageHaezer - Gold Plated Frequencies EP by Chris Slabber

The Dog Jacket Design by Oliver Munday
Go to image pageThe Dog Jacket Design by Oliver Munday

Norway’s New Banknotes by Snøhetta & The Metric System
Go to image pageNorway’s New Banknotes by Snøhetta & The Metric System

Nya Upplagan
Go to image pageNya Upplagan

Posters For Disaster Film Festival
Go to image pagePosters For Disaster Film Festival

Metropol Kurier by Riccardo Guasco
Go to image pageMetropol Kurier by Riccardo Guasco

Salida Winefest 2014
Go to image pageSalida Winefest 2014

Metode by Anthony Neil Dart
Go to image pageMetode by Anthony Neil Dart

Maison Gerard - Collateral by Jules Tardy
Go to image pageMaison Gerard - Collateral by Jules Tardy

Dulciuri De Poveste
Go to image pageDulciuri De Poveste

Rise of the Legend
Go to image pageRise of the Legend

Humanize by Iulian Balinisteanu
Go to image pageHumanize by Iulian Balinisteanu
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