Starship Enterprise Built at One-Billionth Scale
So what's the size of Captain Picard and his crew?
Takayuki Hoshino and Shinji Matsui of the Himeji Institute of Technology have managed to construct a microscopic replica of the Galaxy-class Federation flagship USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D (ST:TNG). The project was an entry in the 47th International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication Bizarre/Beautiful Micrograph Contest back in 2003.
Rather than using s pre-purchased kit and lots of modeling glue, the duo fabricated the infamous starship with a 30 kV Ga+ focused-ion-beam CVD using phenanthrene gas. The resulting size? A replica measuring just 8.8-micrometers long, making it 1-billionth the scale of the fictional vehicle.
So what class is this starship? Nano-class? Thanks Nerdesque.
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This makes me smile. Everyone knows D was the best anyway.
/no J doesn't count.
This was back in 2003.. I wonder how small they can make 'em now.
I have feet-fungus bigger than that
That is pretty cool. Is the disk in this picture collapsing on itself a bit, or is that purposeful?
Obviously Captain Picard would be 1 billionth the size as well....
Obviously Captain Picard would be 1 billionth the size as well....
And he would still be a batter captain the Kirk.
/joking
//sort of
Obviously Captain Picard would be 1 billionth the size...
Looks like they are encountering some spacial distortion's, wonder what they are gonna do next...?
Obviously Captain Picard would be 1 billionth the size as well....
Yea, but he'd still kick just as much ass....
The D is gay.... Oh nos, let's separate the saucer section because we have our families onboard.
The B is the best... built for giving it to the Klingons.
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this article brings up fond memories of patrick pacard
Scale is wrong
8.8 micrometers=0.0000088 meters
multiply that by 1,000,000,000 and you get 8800 meters.
The enterprise D was 641 meters in length. That's nearly 8000 meters difference.
Fail.
enzo you fail at life.
So this is what happens when you reach Warp 10....
Obviously Captain Picard would be 1 billionth the size as well....
Yeah, but not his ego. It still wouldn't fit.
The snowman was cooler... (pun intended)
So much nerd rage in this forum. I love it. Besides, Janeway is better than Kirk an Picard.
LoL flame time!
Yeah, but does it fly?
Patrick's voice produces bigger spitballs than that little thing
Patrick's voice produces bigger spitballs than that little thing
Infamous?
Yeah, but does it fly?
Just apply a warp field, blow on it and it will fly millions of (to scale) miles an hour!
What happens when they get to Enterprise Z?
Something that happened in 2003 is news?
And on that note, Columbus discovers America!
dang "Rather than using s pre-purchased kit and lots of modeling glue, the duo fabricated the infamous starship with a 30 kV Ga+ focused-ion-beam CVD using phenanthrene gas."
where is my pocket protector and cokebottle glasses when I need them
I kinda like Janeway better as well.
2 questions. 1) Does this Enterprise have a holodeck on it? 2) Could said hypothetical holodeck play Crysis?
Patrick's voice produces bigger spitballs than that little thing
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/t [...] ,9877.html
Anyway, nanotechnology will be awesome. When machines are built on a molecular level (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_machine) life as we know it will change. At least it sounds cool when you say that! Seriously. If it got out of hand, everything would turn into a silver goo (the entire planet).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_goo
Where can I buy one of these?