The world’s smallest boat has been made and it is small enough to fit on a human hair.
Named ‘Benchy the Tugboat’ the boat is super small and has been made by researchers at Leiden University.
They are trying to understand how small particles called ‘microswimmers’ move in water and reckon this miniature design could be just the tool they need.
To help observe these natural particles scientists decided to make their own microswimmer. They used a boat design that is often used to test 3D printers.
The tiny boat is 30 micrometres long from front to back, which is about a third of the thickness of a human hair.
It doesn’t have a propeller and can float on its own thanks to its realistic and detailed micro-printing.
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wow that is cool
that is just wow
how can they see it if it is that small
thats amazing
is it smaller than an atom
wow this is mind blowing
a third of the thickness of the human hair WOW how did they do that
thats amasing
I want that boat
wow thats cool
hiar
WOW Awfully small…
That’s tiny!
What is boat made of?
thats tiny
That boat is soooo small, how can it move in water??
WHAT how could they get it smaller than a human hair that is unbelivable 🙂
That’s so small
:O thats a small boat!
Wow small
omg that’s crazy
wow. Very cute 🙂
That boat is even smaller than me!
wow that so cool
that very nice
The journey of the hair boat glides across my arm
A museum totally foccussed on happiness has opened in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Happiness Research Institute opened the museum in July 2020. did you know dude
lolipop
imagine if you were the one who made that boat
thats tiny uwuw
That”s amazing I might make a song about it 🙂
they used a microscope to make it
atoms are smaller than this thought still its amazing!
scientists: exist
also scientists: lets make a microscopic boat
wow
WOW imagine if you were that tiny you could go anywhere at any time:).
wow that is so small what is it made out of though
How do you go fishing on that
that is impossible
wow that is cool
wow that’s so tiny and cute!!!