Wednesday, August 7, 2013

World's Smallest Movie

Guinness World Records recently certified the following as the world's smallest stop motion film.
The short movie ”A Boy and His Atom” depicts a character named Atom who befriends a single atom and goes on a playful journey that includes dancing, playing catch and bouncing on a trampoline.

What makes this movie so unique and wonderful is the science to create this. IBM Research Labs in San Jose, CA created this movie using thousands of atoms individually placed to create 242 individual frames each frame measuring 45 nanometres by 25 nanometres. The movie set comprised of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM), copper plate and carbon monoxide molecules. Operating the STM at -268 degrees Celsius the atoms in Carbon monoxide molecules were moved to precise location on the copper plate.

For more information visit the IBM Research article.