IBM Takes First 3D Image of Atomic Bonds

[Spliffffstar Profile]

Thought this was pretty interesting, so here it is....

From what I remember of chemistry, molecules were presented on computer screens, or at the very least with dowels and balls. Thanks to this incredible discovery, however, I'm jealous of how tomorrow's engineers will view—and control—nature's building blocks.

Now, the picture above is pretty unremarkable, right? Black and white (trivia: molecules have no color), grainy, shot in the kind of out-of-focus manner you expect from a guy like me, who can't seem to venture out beyond the Auto setting on his entry-level Nikon D40 DSLR. But wait a second. Doesn't the image kind of seem, well, familiar? Like high school chem class familiar? Balls and sticks familiar...........

http://gizmodo.com/5346964/ibm-takes-first-3d-image-of-atomic-bonds

[Rizze Profile Website]

The longer I look at the pic,I see it moving and morphing,wierd.
The whole molecular structure changes.
Am I seeing things?
Any one else see this?

[Spliffffstar Profile]

The longer I look at the pic,I see it moving and morphing,wierd.
The whole molecular structure changes.
Am I seeing things?
Any one else see this?

yup, that picture is mesmerizing.....

[Rizze Profile Website]

The longer I look at the pic,I see it moving and morphing,wierd.
The whole molecular structure changes.
Am I seeing things?
Any one else see this?

yup, that picture is mesmerizing.....

Mesmerizing enough to make feel quite sick inside... jeez, I must be some kind of freak.
Why does that happen to me, it's like being on a fair ground ride.
Gonna keep the pic anyways

[Towelie Profile]

Nice pic, its crazy when you think how small that is, 22 carbon atoms surrounded by 14 hydrogen atoms. There good at this stuff IBM they were the first to be able to arrange atoms they wrote IBM with them

[Dboyseeker Profile]

The longer I look at the pic,I see it moving and morphing,wierd.
The whole molecular structure changes.
Am I seeing things?
Any one else see this?

yup, that picture is mesmerizing.....

Mesmerizing enough to make feel quite sick inside... jeez, I must be some kind of freak.
Why does that happen to me, it's like being on a fair ground ride.
Gonna keep the pic anyways

Snap..