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The World’s Smallest Snowman

The National Physical Laboratory has been around since the early 1900s and is famous for a number of its creations, such as the first working atomic clock. But never let it be said that it's all work and no play in the lab. Just in time for Christmas, the NPL, located in Middlesex, England, has created the world's smallest snowman. The snowman is not visible to the naked eye, being only one-fifth the width of a human hair. It was created with two tin beads used to calibrate electron microscope astigmatism. The nose is ion beam deposited platinum and the rest of the face was milled using a focused ion beam. All that scientific mumbo-jumbo aside, this tiny snowman is adorable!
Posted By: Nethie | Date: Fri Dec 11, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (9)
Category: Art, Crafts, Inventions, Seasonal, World Records

That’s One Small Train



There's more information at James River Branch.
Posted By: mdb777 | Date: Fri Oct 30, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (9)
Category: Buildings and Other Structures, Crafts, Toys, Video

Whamola

This is a strange new musical instrument based on the washtub bass. So far, the only widely recognized musician to play the whamola is Les Claypool. Here he is playing his song "Whamola", on his whamola (which is named Steve).

If you would like a whamola of your own, you can buy one from this guy.
Posted By: fyshstyxx | Date: Tue Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (5)
Category: Crafts, Music

Traveling Gaia Project

New Age Space Marbles will save the world.


TRAVELING GAIA ENGLISH Ver. from TETSU-LOW on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Dec 10, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (7)
Category: Crafts, New Age, Performance Art

The Sculptures of Stephanie Metz

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I feel pretty safe in saying that the amazing wool sculptures of Stephanie Metz are pretty weird.

See more of them at her home page.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon Dec 08, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (9)
Category: Animals, Art, Crafts, Museums, Breasts

Knitted Dissections

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You'll surely want to pick up the knitting patterns to reproduce these creations, to be found at the Etsy site.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Dec 05, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (11)
Category: Animals, Crafts, Death, Science
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