Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Leica high-tech 'Nan-o-Sketch' will soon open to public This 5000 model is not going to have 50 megapixels go to 1/5000th of a second have 50 on a roll.. Its going to come in at 4,000,000 USD so not a stocking stuffer for others than Bill Gates who I could see would like to play with it endlessly. Electron Beam Pattern Generator (semiconductor industry) electron-beam lithography (EBL) system Its a high-tech 'Nan-o-Sketch' "will soon open to public" What it is is an Etch-o-sketch which exits in one twentieth the thickness of a human hair, turns out they don't make pencil sharpeners that sharp. Makes it hard to make plans when you are designing the schematic for a new cream rinse, The question is ... Why call it a "Leica? Isn't it some sort of brand name? Or has it just become a generalized term of affection like "Kleenex" or as in" Hey Bill that's a real NICE 4 million dollar dust sized Etch-a-sketch you've got there! that you can put several of on the point of a needle How man did you say? I think I'll name it "Leica" after my dead monkey, would have been the passing thought... An interesting article if you reference it more than once you have to join, I joined. I'm now a member of the Ohio state something or another, Class of "never", but I get frustrated and feel a oneness with just about anything and like to finish what I start reading till the punchline at the end though generally not a Joiner...bellows mender or Tinker, But now have another user name and password to put in my database, Round in the ends and high in the middle, EBPG. More like open ended at the ends and encapsulated in the middle. ... Gossip is the art of saying nothing in such a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid. The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people. WW Here the real article which I didn't report all that accurately, http://www.thelantern.com/media/paper333/news/2006/01/12/Science/Osus-HighTe ch.nanOSketch.Will.Soon.Open.To.Public-1340767.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain= www.thelantern.com Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/