World’s First Molecule-size Electric Motor Could Revolutionize Health
[It] measures a mere 1 nanometer across, groundbreaking work considering that the current world record is a 200 nanometer motor. A single strand of human hair is about 60,000 nanometers wide.
“We have been able to show that you can provide electricity to a single molecule and get it to do something that is not just random.”
This is pretty cool stuff. So interesting!
The previous post dealt with whether government should change the distribution of wealth between the havesand the have nots. This post is an example of why the gap between the rich and poor is growing. We’re now a knowledge-based economy and it takes skill to create a 1 nanometer motor.
wonder what utility this holds in the future
I think Toyota already invented a motor smaller than this to run their Prius.
At least that’s what it feels like when I’m driving behind a Prius…