This guitar is the size of a single blood cell and inaudible to the human ear, so is there any point in it?
Yes! Because it is an extremely cool idea, according to the researcher at Cornell University, Dustin Carr. Carr created the nano guitar as part of a fun project, to advertise nanotechnology. The point was to illustrate how incredibly precise and detailed nanotechnology had become.
Nanotechnology is sometimes seen as something to afraid of and it is true that the technology has been used to create surveillance cameras and listening devices smaller than a grain of sand, but the nano guitar is a lighthearted symbol of scientific optimism.
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