Microbarbershop A microbarbershop designed by University of Utah students won a design award from Sandia National Laboratories. It includes a micro-cutter, micro-mirror and a neon lion. Sandia National Laboratories
The world's tiniest chess board and a pea-sized barber shop are the winners of a microelectromechanical systems design contest at Sandia National Laboratories. The microbarbershop can cut a single hair, and the chess board -- about the diameter of four human hairs -- comes with a full set of minuscule chess pieces. Read more »
Mote Runner Dr. Thorsten Kramp, research staff member and co-developer of Mote Runner at IBM Research - Zurich, holds a mote programmed with Mote Runner to detect movement and light. 