WASHINGTON DC, April 24 — A new Guinness World Records title for the smallest magazine cover in existence has been set by National Geographic Kids and IBM.
The microscopic cover was unveiled at the USA Science & Engineering Festival and is so tiny that a grain of salt could hold 2,000 copies.
Measuring an unimaginable 11x14 micrometers and featuring an image of two panda twins, the cover was created using a tiny chisel developed by IBM. At 100,000 times smaller than a sharpened pencil point, the tool creates patterns on a nano-scale.
National Geographic gave IBM a jpeg image of the cover it wanted to produce, which scientists then transferred to a plastic surface. The chisel evaporates parts of the plastic, depending on the lightness and darkness of the image.
IBM has now licensed the technology to Swiss start-up company SwissLitho and it will soon be made available on the market under the name NanoFrazor. — AFP-Relaxnews
