@RobotBadger: If you can, please take a look at the December 2007 issue of the scientific journal Nature Methods, which contains the scientific publication behind this video -- google for doi:10.1038/nmeth1126. That should clarify things. :-)
@RobotBadger um you aren't going to see any phenotypic expressions because it is only glass beads and DNA - nothing to transcribe or translate the DNA...... and the DNA has probably been purified, so there aren't any proteins..... and the DNA is still to small to see.... they used lasers on each glass bead, attached the DNA to the glass bead probably by using antibodies or something.... and the reason nothing is glowing is because they used a filter to take the light from the laser out...
I think they use a laser beam, and it's the momentum transfer from the photons as they enter the higher refractive index bead that allows a force to be applied to it
COOOOOOOOL!!
Now: PLEASE HIRE ME! I've wanted a job in a lab doing nanotech work like this for my entire life!
mphello 10 months ago
Advancement of the human race?
The world's smallest sweater!
happyking9 1 year ago
This lacks any true proof at all. I see no phenotypic expressions, no tagging, no proteins... nothing is glowing...... This is silly.
RobotBadger 1 year ago
@RobotBadger: If you can, please take a look at the December 2007 issue of the scientific journal Nature Methods, which contains the scientific publication behind this video -- google for doi:10.1038/nmeth1126. That should clarify things. :-)
jmameren 1 year ago 2
@RobotBadger um you aren't going to see any phenotypic expressions because it is only glass beads and DNA - nothing to transcribe or translate the DNA...... and the DNA has probably been purified, so there aren't any proteins..... and the DNA is still to small to see.... they used lasers on each glass bead, attached the DNA to the glass bead probably by using antibodies or something.... and the reason nothing is glowing is because they used a filter to take the light from the laser out...
boobunny100 1 year ago
i'm a little confused as to how light can grab something, but cool!
musicianhayd 3 years ago
I think they use a laser beam, and it's the momentum transfer from the photons as they enter the higher refractive index bead that allows a force to be applied to it
benjorino 2 years ago
they're called optical tweezers :) just google them :D
DarkTemp0 2 years ago
Lol
Pretty CoOl
marnixblomberg 4 years ago