A boy and his atom: the smallest film in the history of IBM - Zebulon.fr

Some achievements seem anecdotal or amusing sometimes hide feats of technology and future possibilities endless. This is exactly what IBM has done with its firm short film made from atoms and makes “A boy and his atom,” the smallest movie history!A boy and his

atom: IBM signed a feat

IBM’s laboratories can boast from today to be entered in the Guinness Book of Records, after designing the smallest film world and it will be hard to beat, they are able to control the atoms , one at a time! The short film “A boy and his atom ‘lasts thirty minutes and shows a small figure playing ball, all from 20 molecules of carbon monoxide.

This feat was made possible thanks to the technology and hardware from IBM laboratories. It took a hyperpuissant tunneling microscope for enlarging the atoms 100 million times, and an ultrafine needle manipulated by engineers. Atoms were slightly displaced, and then photographed each image has been reworked to create movement in the same way that studios realize animations cartoons.

IBM demonstrates to the world that manipulates atoms with ease

242 images, the film “A boy and his atom” are proof that the engineers at IBM passed masters in the art of manipulating the elements at the atomic level. Although today the film seems a bit simplistic, let us remember the first video games there thirty years and then the imagination makes it rich in possibilities movie!

“A boy and his atom” is a fabulous showcase for IBM, which shows companies worldwide that mastering the manipulation of atoms on magnetic media, a way of testing for the industrial design of circuits, electronic components or data storage. An IBM official also said: “ the ability to control the temperature, pressure and vibration to very specific levels that the IBM research laboratory one of the few places in the world where the atoms can be moved with such precision. “