Technology Oddities: Where's Waldo?


photo of microscopic image of an integrated circuit with Waldo engraved on it

Where's Waldo? At thirty-millionths of an inch in size, he may be a little hard to find. That's not enough to stop some computer engineers, however, as they have assigned whole new meaning to the words "computer art." The designs they have created can not be viewed on a monitor, but rather on the tiny microchips inside computers. From comic strip and movie characters to images from nature and space explorations, these tiny pieces of silicon art are only viewable through a microscope. Fortunately for the eccentric in you, these creations have caught the attention of researchers at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory of Florida State University, who have photographed some of them and posted them on their Web site. Visit their gallery of tiny masterpieces online.

Send us your comments on this story.

 

Last modified: