Serendipita

Guess who made it onto Wired‘s frontpage?

Check Out This Tiny 3-D Printed Spaceship

“The tiny spaceship in the video above was built using a microscale 3-D printer. At 125 micrometers long, the craft is about the length of a dust mite, and it took less than 50 seconds to produce. The super-fast, high-resolution printer that made the spaceship was introduced this week at the Photonics West fair by Nanoscribe GmbH, a company based in Germany that specializes in nanophotonics and 3-D laser lithography.”

My husband built the machine that built this tiny spaceship!

[A few hours later:] The tiny spaceship is also featured on Gizmodo: Watch These Lasers Print a Microscopic Spaceship In Under a Minute.

MetaFilter: For no other reason other that we thought it would be quite nice:

A scientiest, liquid nitrogen and 1500 table tennis balls (video).

A shorter version without the explanation is here.

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, passed away yesterday.

Some relevant videos:

I also highly recommend the HBO series From the Earth to the Moon (I’ve got it on DVD), the part about the Eagle landing is available online.

The Big Picture: Remembering Apollo 11.

Statement from his family:

“For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple request. Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink.”

Links via MetaFilter: Man on the moon, which is worth reading in its entirety because lots of people share their memories of the Apollo 11 mission and Neil Armstrong.