Scientists in Singapore shrink Playboy centerfold to width of human hair
August 15th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by Aishwarya BhattSingapore Aug 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In Singapore, a scientist shrunk a playboy centre fold photograph to a width of human hair. The photo was printed out and when it came out it measured 50 micrometers, width wise. This was as a result of photoshop carried out on a portrait of a Swedish model known as Lena Soderberg. This portrait came out in the year 1972 and it was issued by Playboy. This is used to come out with different techniques of printing.
According to the report made by the Journal Nature Natotechnology, it was concluded that the device that the alleged scientist came up with is able to show 100000 dots per inch. The method that he still came up with is said to be very helpful especially in printing tiny watermarks or secret messages that can be used for security purposes.
The innovation made by this scientist is of help even to many organizations that deal with color mapping. Image will now be shown with the both sharp color changes thanks to his innovation. The idea can also be of security purposes by making of micro-images. This is paused as a form of challenge to the world that nothing is impossible.
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