When I see an electron image of something as awesome as the USS Enterprise created in the land of the nano scale, I also think of this:
When I see an electron image of something as awesome as a toilet inside of the USS Enterprise created in the land of the nano scale, I think of this:
When I see an electron image of something as awesome as someone sitting on a toilet inside of the USS Enterprise that was created in the land of the nano scale, I think of this:
It’s a bacteriophage. It’s not a nano sculpture, it’s a living death threat that’ll jump right up your butt if you’re on the nano Starship Enterprise, sitting on a nano Starship potty, and you can’t kill it by stepping on it. When I see an electron image of something awesome like that, I realize that it might be better if I stopped nano thinking.
[Images found here, here and here.]
Tags: bacteriophage, electron microscope, nano, nasty little buggers, the thinker, tiny, toilet, USS Enterprise




Thursday, 8 April 2010 at 9:46 AM
Okay. I caved. I am a subscriber, so I can’t possibly miss things like a Nano Starship Enterprise. The bacteriophage kinda makes rattlesnakes look like good pet prospects…
Thursday, 8 April 2010 at 3:20 PM
ouch ouch ouch
Thursday, 8 April 2010 at 6:00 PM
thelit– Ooh! And I don’t even hawk subscriptions!
nursem– Trying on a new corset?