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Electron microscope image of an ant holding a microchip (i.imgur.com)

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[–]alisonst 102 points103 points ago

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It looks like he is angrily taking his tiny yellow pages out to recycling.

[–]unorthodoxme 47 points48 points ago

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Even the ants don't want the Yellow Pages anymore.

[–]i-hate-digg 39 points40 points ago

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He's dead.

And coated with gold.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning_electron_microscope#Sample_preparation

[–]mrhthepie 15 points16 points ago

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My first reaction "How did they get the ant to stand still with the microchip?"

Thank you god sir.

Edit: I see it but I'm not going to change it.

[–]Trepkkos -2 points-1 points ago

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My first reaction was "why dont i have different models of semen"

[–]Strideo 1 point2 points ago

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Aren't we all dead and coated with gold on the inside? Aren't we all?

[–]theDudeRules 1 point2 points ago

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World's smallest taxidermy.

[–]plainOldFool 0 points1 point ago

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Thanks for drawing us to this.

It must be killed with golden fire!

[–]KazMux 0 points1 point ago

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Poor lil ant :(

[–]pluckyduck 1 point2 points ago

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*She

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Wait, ants have mastered the micro processor! This must be true then: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LDnQpD_uFQ I for one welcome our new ant overlords!

[–]cocorebop 32 points33 points ago

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why does it have to be an electron microscope? ants aren't even that small

[–]kochipoik 36 points37 points ago

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Because electron microscopes are freaking awesome

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[–]kochipoik 21 points22 points ago

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The ant was probably already dead though, because they have to cover him in gold before taking the photo

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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They have to cover him in gold because otherwise the electrons build up a negative charge in the area and they are deflected which in turn distorts the image.

I had a friend who let me come into the lab to see him mess with an electron microscope to study fleas.

[–]phongbong 1 point2 points ago

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Forgive me, don't electrons already have a negative charge?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Yes, but what the gold does is transfer the electrons so they don't build up in one spot like they would with other materials.

When you get a lot of electrons in one spot, it builds up a charge which repels the electrons that the electron microscope is trying to use to see the item, thus distorting the image.

[–]hallclone 0 points1 point ago

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"negative charge in the area"

[–]jrhoffa 0 points1 point ago

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That's ... that's why a negative charge builds up. From all the electrons.

[–]bat-fink 0 points1 point ago

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Found you!

[–]TheTwist 2 points3 points ago

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Sounds like Goldfinger's done it again

[–]praxulus 1 point2 points ago

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Yeah, but some of the details on the ant are.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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I fear that any detail that was gained has been lost over the years to JPG compression.

[–]imsabbel 1 point2 points ago

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Depth of field.

Try making an optical image like that.

[–][deleted] 74 points75 points ago

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"What is this? A microchip for ants? It needs to be like three times this big!"

[–]xtirpation 12 points13 points ago

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The pic is from this book called "Microcosmos". (note: this is a link to Amazon)

It's pretty great, there are a lot of cool pictures in it. I like to keep it around my desk to flip through while I wait for things to load on my computer.

[–]StaticPrevails 9 points10 points ago

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I do believe there is a documentary available on netflix instant of the same name.

[–]blankscientist 9 points10 points ago

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Watch while high. Trust me.

[–]StaticPrevails 3 points4 points ago

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Well now I will on your recommendation.

[–]blankscientist 2 points3 points ago

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You won't regret it.

[–]King_Sanspants 1 point2 points ago

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Added. Thanks for the tip.

[–]ownworldman 0 points1 point ago

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Another document by the same group, Winged Migration, is awesome.

[–]BlackStarLine 3 points4 points ago

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Came here to ask for sauce, thanks :)

[–]rightonman 1 point2 points ago

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Well I definitely wouldn't use BBQ, you wouldn't get the fresh ant flavors, maybe a honey mustard, or bordelaise if you have bone marrow

[–]nine9nine 2 points3 points ago

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This article about the book has a few more pics.

[–]KenBac 0 points1 point ago

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is there a microwanda?

[–]wildAcard 6 points7 points ago

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Don't EM subjects have to be dead?

[–]sensors 9 points10 points ago

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Yeah, SEM has to be done in a vacuum to get a resolution that good. And there shouldn't really be that reflection of light you can see on the silicon wafer...

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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just let us have our fun!

[–]Pepe__Silvia 2 points3 points ago

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ANT-FARM KEYBOARD! ANT-FARM KEYBOARD!

[–]bishop256 3 points4 points ago

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You realize as a Crews employee I own the rights to it and you won't get any prize money?

[–]e1337ist 3 points4 points ago

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Can I at least keep my orb and scepter?

[–]AustimusMaximus 2 points3 points ago

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I'm gonna say no... Just because.

[–]Naberius0 3 points4 points ago

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Silly ant, you can't eat a microchip.

[–]mihaidxn 2 points3 points ago

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Silly human, it's not going to eat the microchip... it wants to build SkyNet.

[–]Naberius0 0 points1 point ago

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Silly ant, it's too late to make SkyNet...you'll have to make something worse. O_O

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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bigger!

[–]derolle 4 points5 points ago

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This can only mean one thing; Robot ants with Microchip brains are on their way õ_õ

[–]nukacolaftw[S] 3 points4 points ago

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It doesn't look like the microchip could fit in it's head. Ծ_Ծ

[–]Eustis 8 points9 points ago

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Ծ_Ծ

ಠ_ಠ

[–]nukacolaftw[S] 10 points11 points ago

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ಥ_ಥ

[–]kspacey 0 points1 point ago

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-_-

[–]wakaba 0 points1 point ago

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ಠдಠ

[–]Kyodo 2 points3 points ago

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๏̯͡๏

[–]wakaba 1 point2 points ago

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٩( ï_ï)۶

[–]nukacolaftw[S] 1 point2 points ago

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ಠ_ರೃ

[–]wakaba 1 point2 points ago

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٩(ツ)۶

[–]perspectiveiskey 0 points1 point ago

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Fyi: this is what I see.

[–]EustisStalker 0 points1 point ago

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♥.♥

[–]phantomgoose 3 points4 points ago

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Nobody said anything about microchips having to fit entirely inside the head.

[–]nukacolaftw[S] 3 points4 points ago

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Like this?

[–]phantomgoose 0 points1 point ago

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Yup, looks perfectly feasible.

[–]AndrewNeo 1 point2 points ago

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Yeah, we all know the postcard sized ones work fine till they hit 500 degrees.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Make its head bigger.

[–]RBeck 1 point2 points ago

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It's hard to see from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earthmen or merely en-slave them but the ants will soon be here. And I for one welcome our new insect overlords, I would like to remind them that as a trusted personality I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in there underground sugar caves.

[–]stylinghead 0 points1 point ago

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unt

[–]pseudolobster 3 points4 points ago

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It's funny to think the beam from the microscope would have killed both the ant and the chip.

[–]nukacolaftw[S] -3 points-2 points ago

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It just scans electrons.

[–]pseudolobster 7 points8 points ago

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It scans using electrons. It fires a high intensity beam of them at an object, then observes the reflected electrons to construct a picture of the subject.

[–]nukacolaftw[S] -2 points-1 points ago

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I know, I just didn't answer with detail. I just don't see how electrons would kill the ant.

[–]pseudolobster 5 points6 points ago

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It's a high voltage beam of thousands of volts. I don't see how it wouldn't.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago*

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Even if it killed, it would kill it after taking the picture.

But, as far as I remember, electron microscopes require vacuum, I'm not sure.

[–]jabogen 3 points4 points ago

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They do require a vacuum. They also require coating your samples with a metal prior to bombarding them with electrons. Usually a mixture of gold and palladium.

[–]SuperConductiveRabbi 3 points4 points ago

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The coating is to prevent charge buildup and sudden discharge, and is often gold or carbon. Vacuum isn't entirely necessary, as variable pressure chambers exist, and would allow you to get a decent image at that small magnification without coating the samples.

[–]PersonOfInternets 0 points1 point ago

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One type requires this (both require a vacuum).

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Well, the beam has energy ... and probably ionizes a shit ton of atoms in the ant. Small discharges between parts of the ant takes place and burns parts of the tissue?

[–]chimmi 1 point2 points ago

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Wow this is old. Not a repost maybe (?) but I saw this on a cover of a magazine almost 10 or more years ago.

[–]kingshitoffuckmtn 1 point2 points ago

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it begins...

[–]darkera 1 point2 points ago

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THEM!

[–]ledzep4life 1 point2 points ago

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This looks shopped, I think I can see some pixels.

[–]Masennus 1 point2 points ago

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I also see pixels. Upboats for you. Downboats for op.

[–]nsix 1 point2 points ago

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How is this image colorized, and what are the scale bars I wonder?

Also, insect overlords, etc.

[–]stellarfury 0 points1 point ago

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How is this image colorized

Photoshop.

[–]PersonOfInternets 1 point2 points ago

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If this was taken by an electron microscope, this ant is dead and in a vacuum. This is tiny taxidermy. Although that must be an incredibly small ant, and microchip. This makes less sense the more I think about it...

[–]kaipanoi 1 point2 points ago

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That's not a real puppy. That's too small to be a real puppy.

[–]dutchboiz 1 point2 points ago

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I didn't know ants liked cereal.

[–]big_bad_mojo 1 point2 points ago

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That ant would be fried if this were an SEM. Also, the color would have been added secondarily. Cool pic, tho.

[–]Xomby 1 point2 points ago

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NO! WHAT THE FUCK WERE THEY THINKING?!?! Don't GIVE THE ANTS TECHNOLOGY OR THEYLL KILL US ALL!!!!!

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[–]PillPod 2 points3 points ago

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It just needs to be a conductive surface. Metals work great in SEMs. If you put plastics or semiconductors in there, the image will look fuzzy due to charging on the surface. To solve this, you coat the sample with carbon.

[–]photonwrangler 2 points3 points ago

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I for one welcome our new insect overlords.

[–]agentwilsonx 0 points1 point ago

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"This is going to look great in the hatching chamber!"

[–]Truand 0 points1 point ago

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That looks like some sort of wicked porn... wicked science porn!

[–]quigley0 0 points1 point ago

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Mine

[–]klove614 0 points1 point ago

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I'm an ant

[–]Hamilton5M 0 points1 point ago

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We're doomed, they have laptops now!!!!

[–]conrick 0 points1 point ago

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mmm..technology !

[–]RationalMind888 0 points1 point ago

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The ants are plotting against us!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Looks legit.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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What is this a microchip for ants?!

[–]dogfacedboy420 0 points1 point ago

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Gonna builds me a compewter, bitch!

[–]notanotherpyr0 0 points1 point ago

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There has to be some sort of semi-philosophical statement I can make about this to make me sound deep. Umm...

It's like a statement about modern life and how we are slowly turning ourselves into worker ants and losing our individuality through technology.

[–]Shimmi 0 points1 point ago

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Hmm, what are they building?

[–]brook011 0 points1 point ago

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ANTEE!!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Didn't happen unless its in a pict....oh nvm.

[–]merik42 0 points1 point ago

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very cool...but i don't see why people seem to have an issue with the ant dying...ants are great for this sort of stuff because they are trillions upon trillions of these little guys. You ever try to put anything remotely edible on the counter for more then 5 minutes in the summer? que le ant swarm

[–]baconinspace 0 points1 point ago

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My god, they've learned about solid state electronics!

[–]Aaronime 0 points1 point ago

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looks like we've got a bug, a big one

[–]bushwacker 0 points1 point ago

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This deserves four upvotes. One for the picture and three for a title that is actually descriptive.

[–]giraffetime 0 points1 point ago

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Ant + Sexy Briefcase. Now he just needs pants.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Science. Sometimes it's done just for the fuck of it.

[–]phld21 0 points1 point ago

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Welcome to the future of technology espionage.

[–]cmmoyer 0 points1 point ago

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This the biggest repost of all time. This picture was in my chemistry book my junior year of highschool. I graduated in '08, so..... Yeah.

[–]nukacolaftw[S] 0 points1 point ago

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Just because it's old doesn't mean it's a repost.

[–]shoffobroff 0 points1 point ago

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Don't give them microchip's. They'll enslave us all!

[–]iKeeKe 0 points1 point ago

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It's a PROBE!

[–]Starayo 0 points1 point ago

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STOP IT! IT'S STEALING OUR SECRETS!

[–]communsimFtw 0 points1 point ago

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Honey, I shrunk the kids.

[–]NickPrefect 0 points1 point ago

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Is it just me or does the perspective look screwy? What could cause that?

[–]Masennus 1 point2 points ago

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A ten year old 3D render of a faked image.

[–]budgiekings 0 points1 point ago

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Asshole ant is stealing your megahertz.

[–]neonnarwhal 0 points1 point ago

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Ants: No longer satisfied with ruining your picnic, they now want to ruin your computer as well.

[–]MrGrapefruitDrink 0 points1 point ago

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Even after you've clicked through, the thumbnail still looks like a lion mauling an Xbox 360. You can't unsee it.

[–]ydia 0 points1 point ago

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Now that I've seen the picture, the thumbnail looks like an ant carrying something.

Sorry.

[–]Eliot_2000 0 points1 point ago

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I hope someday when our civilization is dead and gone that the aliens find this image, so they'll know the kind of crazy antics we were capable of.

[–]forbesholden 0 points1 point ago

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*False colour image of giant ant holding xbox 360

[–]THCTimmy 0 points1 point ago

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this picture is originally from Time magazine prolly like 10 years ago, I distinctly remember my dad showing me a cut out.

[–]wadleyst 0 points1 point ago

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It looks like he is on his way back to work on the next stage of the nests' latest project...

[–]originalredditor 0 points1 point ago

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DAE expect VATS to show some good percentages?

[–]DownstairsB 0 points1 point ago

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Ahh, little bastard! Thats where my missing microchip went.

[–]rndmintrntdwllr 0 points1 point ago

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this is what it's like when worlds collide

[–]HairyBouy 0 points1 point ago

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"I going to silicon valley!"

[–]102Millennium 0 points1 point ago

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This was in my Biology book >_>

[–]cavortingwebeasties 0 points1 point ago

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He's looking for some microdip.

[–]Johnofthewest 0 points1 point ago

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Ants are so cool an one of the only tiny creatures I can look at zoomed in without throwing up.

[–]bondiblueos9 0 points1 point ago

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This kills the ant.

[–]shirtface 0 points1 point ago

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The pixels, I see them

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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"cute" came to mind

[–]Nebrasken 0 points1 point ago

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I'm surprised a microchip isn't more perfectly symmetrical

[–]CheekySeagull 0 points1 point ago

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This would make a cool logo for a video game developer company. Or an album cover...

[–]mancusod 0 points1 point ago

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Silly ant, you are not a computer engineer. You aren't even capable of producing electricity.

[–]notacrook 0 points1 point ago

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Right, so I don't think there would be a shadow since SEMs use electrons...not light.

[–]vincentrevelations 0 points1 point ago

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Electron imaging can produce "shadows" too. If the electron beam comes from an other angle as the receptor, there can be a shadow. And as you can clearly see, the ant's mouth produces a shadow on the chip.

My guess is that the background is shooped in.

[–]notacrook 2 points3 points ago

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I stand corrected. The back totally looks shopped in.

[–]PersonOfInternets 1 point2 points ago

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It's like I said in my post, tiny taxidermy.

[–]Eustis 0 points1 point ago

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It just occurred to me that ants have a lotta junk in their trunk.

[–]GirlWhoFollowsEustis 2 points3 points ago

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You can check out the junk in my trunk. ;D

[–]EmperorNortonI 0 points1 point ago

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WHAT IS THIS? A COMPUTER FOR ANTS?????!!!!!?????

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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The real question here is why does an ant need a microchip.

[–]JoeNegron 0 points1 point ago

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I don't believe this was taken with an electron microscope. Those are crazy magnify-y yo.

[–]cngfan 3 points4 points ago

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I work as a Field service engineer for an EM company. One of the first things many of my customers does is image a bug. A basic SEM (scanning electron microscope) mag range is from about 15x to 300,000x. So it's possible. But this image has been colorized. EM pics are greyscale unless artificially colorized.

[–]tjenator -2 points-1 points ago

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This looks shopped. I can tell cuz some of the pixels and because I've seen quite a few shops in my time.

[–]karnim 1 point2 points ago

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But seriously, it does. I've seen quite a few SEM images in my time, and they are not this good.

[–]tjenator 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah, you also see what I think is multiple light sources.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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WEE NEED A MICROGRAPHY REDDIT! I WOULD LIVE THERE!

[–]jsmayne 1 point2 points ago

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i am diappoint http://www.reddit.com/reddits/search?q=micrography

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah, why is this getting downboats? we NEEEEEED this

[–]moobsies -2 points-1 points ago

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electron microscopes don't produce color images

[–]AtheistPolak 1 point2 points ago

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That's great and all but did you think that this image was maybe colored in by someone?

[–]moobsies -3 points-2 points ago

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This was not taken by an electron microscope. If you ever took a high school science class, then you would know this was from a light microscope and had a chip added with photoshop.

[–]AtheistPolak 0 points1 point ago

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had a chip added with photoshop.

oh really,
...and how do you know that ant isn't planning on building its own computer, hmmm?

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