The World's Smallest Writing

@IceSkater926 I don't think the whole point is to read it, the point is that they were able to scale down the writing into a subatomic level, think about how much information we can put into electronics, think about how advanced our technology would be. We would be able to put that much more information into something small. For example, that piece of copper.

The true significance of the work lies in storing more information in less space. "How densely can you encode information on a computer chip? The assumption has been that it's impossible to scale down below the level of atoms.
But they were able to write letters subatomic in size. This isn't a waste of money, think about how advanced our technology could be, being able to store that much more information on these little things, that would be useful to us.

I'm thinking the kind of light they used would not be reflected by nickel atoms. That's why the nickel surface is seen as smooth while the letters seem to protrude from it.

OR, a more probable idea: the element "IBM" is written in has a much larger atomic size than nickel. Thus we would be able to see the "IBM" with the nickel background appearing as a smooth surface.

Let me know what you think. =)

Anyway this is simply amazing. Imagine all the applications this research could be used for!!

When I was doubting IBM's validity about that whole thing I was thinking of those points that you made there... I didn't really consider it a possibility too much then but for some reason hearing someone else say it as well kinda makes me think that's just how they did it. I also didn't think it was really fake, but I was more asking as to how they'd do such a thing.
well, if it is real (which I don't think they'd fake something like this), one of those theories must be right :P

This is so fucking useless why someone would fund this

@snakeandsam
umm... the ultimate goal of this experiment was to prove that it is possible to study matter at a sub-atomic level. (which by the way means smaller than atoms... just in case your narrow mind didn't catch that.)

Open your ignorant eyes. Then learn to spell. Almost all of you all sound jealous.

LOL calm down, they simply don't know what they do, they aren't ignorant, they a just too stupid to grasp it.
Is useless getting agitated on such morons.

they are probably like why are all these kids wasting thier time on youtube