IBM uses atoms to create record breaking film
The ability to move atoms – the smallest particles of any element in the universe – is a big part of IBM's research in the field of atomic memory. But even nanophysicists need to let their hair down once in a while.
In light of this, researchers at the firm have used a scanning tunnelling microscope to move thousands of atoms, all in pursuit of making a film so small it can only be seen when you magnify it 100million times.
Named 'A Boy and His Atom', the 90 second film was created using just a few dozen carbon atoms, moved around a copper surface. It has been confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest ever stop-motion film.
