IBM Research has created a stop motion movie using individual atoms to create scenes!
The movie, aptly titled A BOY AND HIS ATOM, is just about 100 seconds long and made up of 242 frames. The story is simple: a boy plays and dances with his atom. The plot of the movie isn’t what has caught people’s attention, though. It’s the fact that the tiny ball-like dots that make up the boy and the atom are actually individual atoms that have been magnified over 100 million times!
According to IBM, about 10,000 atoms were used to create this miniature movie and the movie is a unique way to bring science out of the research lab and into the public. The movie also is a way to show the world that scientists don’t just read about science, they actually practice it every day!
Check out the “world’s smallest movie” below and then, if you’re curious, check out how the movie was made!