Scientists at IBM Research have made the world's smallest movie - A Boy and His Atom. It is a stop-motion animated short film. The movie was by moving individual atoms with a scanning tunneling microscope. A Boy and His Atom holds the record for the World's Smallest Stop-Motion Film in the Guinness Book of World Records.
The movie was released on YouTube by IBM Research. One minute in length, the movie was made with atoms. It depicts a boy playing with an atom that takes various forms. The boy dances with the atom to the film's musical accompaniment. The atom bounces like a ball and finally it rises into the sky where it becomes a cloud. The film has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the smallest movie ever created.
IBM researchers used a scanning tunneling microscope to move thousands of carbon monoxide molecules. The molecules were manipulated to create images, which were then saved as individual frames to animate them. It can be seen only when you magnify it 100 million times. IBM Research has produced this miniature stop-motion movie moving thousands of atoms the film has 242 frames.
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The movie was released on YouTube by IBM Research. One minute in length, the movie was made with atoms. It depicts a boy playing with an atom that takes various forms. The boy dances with the atom to the film's musical accompaniment. The atom bounces like a ball and finally it rises into the sky where it becomes a cloud. The film has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the smallest movie ever created.
IBM researchers used a scanning tunneling microscope to move thousands of carbon monoxide molecules. The molecules were manipulated to create images, which were then saved as individual frames to animate them. It can be seen only when you magnify it 100 million times. IBM Research has produced this miniature stop-motion movie moving thousands of atoms the film has 242 frames.
Scenes from the world's smallest movie: A Boy and His Atom
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The movie shows that it is possible to manipulate single atoms and molecules with the tip of an STM. It is now possible to create tiny atomic and molecular structures that were never possible to access before. This will provide answers to scientific questions and allow for predictions regarding nanoscale behavior and structures. That could form the foundation for future nanotechnologies.You can watch the movie on YouTube.
