God does not play dice with the universe. Or maybe he does. Maybe he uses really small dice that we have difficulty noticing. If so, they might look something like these tiny dice manufactured by Iriso Seimetsu Co., Ltd.
Billed as the smallest dice in the world, each one measures 0.3 x 0.3 x 0.3 mm (for perspective, see the photo above showing one of the die next to a 0.5-mm diameter mechanical pencil lead). The tiny dice are painstakingly crafted one by one from BsBm (brass) in a 9 hour long fabrication process that relies on the latest in micromachining technology. Each one weighs 0.00016 grams and the pips measure 0.05 mm in diameter.
While the 100,275 yen (US$870) price tag includes a special case and the cost of shipping, it does not include the price of the microscope you will need to make sure nobody cheats at the craps table in your flea circus casino.
[Link: World's smallest dice]
Martijn
And suddenly a slight breeze blows away your $870,- !
[]Marc
Nice, but difficult to find after you throw it
[]kamikaze.cockroach
Finding it on a flat surface is one thing but the craps table felt would be like a jungle for these dice.
[]Kigore Trout
More stupid objects. How about something practical?
[]BeNice
Chill out. It may not have been the best idea, but it is still cool.
[]Chuckles
good to see there is nothing else to spend time, money and technology on.....
[]Dave K.
With nanotech, we'll get several orders of magnitude smaller, and it'll be made from code you download for free from the internet.
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