Science Art: A Gear Chain with a Mite Approaching
This is how small they’re making machines nowadays:
Dwarfed by a spider mite. Lubricated by gases.
Photo courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories, SUMMiTTM Technologies, www.mems.sandia.gov
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