| Posted: October 5, 2007 |
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(Nanowerk News) Welcome to the strage world of nanotechnology. What a perfect addition to our "Slow News Friday" section: this 'nano toilet' won the Most Bizarre prize at The 49th International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication Bizarre/Beautiful Micrograph Contest. This contest already took place in 2005, but this image is making the rounds again; maybe you haven't seen it yet.
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Chisai Benjo ("Small Toilet") – An effective method of dealing with defects is to find a collection site. Submitted by: Takahashi Kaito (SII Nanotechnology Inc.)
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Here are the price winners for the 2004 and 2007 contests' Most Bizzare category (the category wasn't available in 2006 but was brought back by popular demand in 2007):
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Left: 2004 winner. Fishing with Nanotubes – These micro fish appear hooked on nanotubes with a catalyst bait. Submitted by: David Tanenbaum and Markus Brink (Pomona College). Right: 2007 winner: Nanojogger sprints along 200nm pitch gratings after a contaminated high temperature anneal. Submitted by: Keith Morton, NSL, Princeton University.
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If you would like to enter the 2008 contest, there are six categories plus a new video category:
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* Grand Prize
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* Most Bizarre
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* Best Electron Micrograph
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* Best Ion Micrograph
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* Best Photon Micrograph
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* Best Scanning Probe Micrograph
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