5 micrometer model of Intrepid-class starship. I wonder if they could make a microscopic Tuvlix crewmember now.


A self propelled microscopic 3D-printed Star Trek Voyager!

The five micrometer long ship looks like the USS Voyager and was microprinted by the physicists for their microswimmer research. Unlike the impulse engines and warp drive of its TV counterpart, this Voyager is propelled through liquid by chemical reactions between its platinum coating and the hydrogen peroxide solution the physicists placed it in. Their article notes that these studies usually use sphere-shaped models for tests, so the more out-there shapes you see here were intended to produce different results and push the limits of the researchers’ 3D-printer in the process.

So cool!

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