In real-time, it appears nothing is happening. “But look what happens when I speed this up,” Dr. Nixon said, “it’s apparent we’re dealing with something completely different from self-assembly – this is nano construction … it’s not assembling itself, it’s essentially, I guess, micro construction.
Dr. Nixon points to two micro-machines in the video that are working on building the same nanostructure “square” and commented that “it’s being put together by, essentially, micromachinery which is coordinated. You can’t see anything in real-time, nothing seems to be happening. It’s only when you speed it up [you can see it]. I can’t even begin to think of technology that works at those sorts of speeds … Not only is this happening very slowly but it’s also happening in a coordinated fashion.”
It takes a little while to get your eye in but once know what to look for the micro-machines can clearly be seen at work in Dr Nixon’s video. To help our readers get their eye in we have taken a screenshot at about timestamp 10 mins and circled in red the two robotic arms or micro-machines pointed out by Dr. Nixon that are assembling the nanostructures. Once you get your eye in you can see what seems to be a third micro-machine at work on the right-hand side of the nanostructure “square.”...<<<Read More>>>...
