Reuters reports that a German scientist has apparently created the smallest replica of a soccer field ever -- measuring 500 by 380 nanometers. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter, and this model is so small that 20,000 of them could fit on the tip of a human hair.
The story reports that it took all day to etch the model soccer field onto the incredibly tiny piece of glass with an electron beam. But all of that effort could be for naught:
"The only problem is that I really don't know what to do with it. I can't put it on show as no one can see it," he said. "I guess it'll just stay in my drawer for the time being."
You see, the glass soccer field is so small you'd need an electron microscope to see it. And you can't just pop into your local Discover Channel store and grab one of those babies.
Seems awfully convenient to me. "Uh, yeah, I made this record-breaking thing, but, uh, it's so small, uh... umm... nobody can see it! Yeah, that's it!"
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