'Nanobama' makes Obama's likeness microscopic

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 | Source: Detroit Free Press
President-elect Barack Obama is showing up in all aspects of our lives these days in ways both big and small.

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Barack Obama is larger than life these days. Except, that is, at the University of Michigan, where the president-elect has become remarkably small.

Researchers have created carbon nanotube images of Obama that can be seen only through electron microscopes.

John Hart, an assistant professor in mechanical engineering, led the team that created a "nanobama" flag and "nanobama" blocks. There’s also a "nanobiden" image of the incoming vice president.

"I really didn’t mean it in a political way," Hart said. "It was a basic demonstration of what we can do with nanotubes."

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