World's Smallest Motor

Comments

• sleepy_shadow Ranger

  April 2005

  [QUOTE]Although the amount of energy produced is small -- 20 microwatts -- it is quite impressive in relation to the tiny scale of the motor. The whole setup is less than 200 nanometers on a side, or hundreds of times smaller than the width of a human hair. If it could be scaled up to the size of an automobile engine, it would be 100 million times more powerful than a Toyota Camry’s 225 horsepower V6 engine, the researchers say.[/QUOTE]
  
  Rather neat gadget.
  
  Hopefully it will find practical use in something beneficial.
• Random Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise

  April 2005

  Fascinating.
• A2597 Fanboy

  April 2005

  I had to look at the URL of that smilie to figure it out. I thought it was an angry one and was just about to post that "They must have beaten RC's record..." :D
• Random Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise

  April 2005

  [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by A2597 [/i]
  [B]I had to look at the URL of that smilie to figure it out. I thought it was an angry one and was just about to post that "They must have beaten RC's record..." :D [/B][/QUOTE]
  
  Yeah - it looks a bit more serious then it should :D
  
  I think it is better now - I made it into an anim :)
• Rogue Trader Somebody stop him...

  April 2005

  if it was scaled up a little bit more and put into laptops......