Roundest objects in the world created

Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14229?DCMP=youtube

Researchers have created very smooth spheres from a cylinder of silicon.

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[GaxAngel]

That's nothing, try making a circle in Minecraft.

[iliteritmonkey]

the point, it eludes me...

[ricardorp12345]

that's nothing, the mythbusters did that with animal shit. XD

[GaxAngel]

@Kanakotka You are really making something out of nothing here. I've made a physics joke before, does that mean I hate all sciences? No, in fact quite the opposite. My joke has nothing to do with my opinion on the accomplishment.

[Kanakotka]

@GaxAngel Your grievous disregard for things that actually matter infers the exact opposite.

[GaxAngel]

@Kanakotka You managed to come to that conclusion from a little Minecraft joke? And no, I'm pretty sure there are far worse things in the world. In fact, my support for an indie developer infers the opposite.

[sakkekivi]

that tank at 3:10.. THAT'S WHERE FLUBBER CAME FROM!

[Kanakotka]

@GaxAngel You are an idiot, and so is anyone who agrees, and the reason what's wrong with the world.

[KLoWnXXX]

yeah i go to work and just make a ball all day.

[TheHillmanater]

@iliteritmonkey Ha. I see what you did there.

[IstasPumaNevada]

Not in the video, so here's some info from the linked article that might make the accuracy of the project more apparent;

The roughness of the sphere is limited to 0.3nm in variation; a human hair is approx. 333,000 times as wide.

The curve of the surface compared to a sphere is accurate 60 to 70 nm, about 1/1500 the width of a human hair.

If it were as big as Earth, the biggest local error would be ~half an inch high, and the total sphere would be less than 17 feet from perfectly round.

[Stellazzio]

@iliteritmonkey It eludes me how a person could be confused by the point of something inherently fascinating and important.