Science
Nanobama: Barack Obama in Nanotubes
Posted by Mark Wilson at 8:20 AM on November 5, 2008
A technique known as nanolithography was used to build these Obama faces, combining 150 million carbon nanotubes to construct each individual half-millimeter visage. Depending on your political leanings, the result is either the cutest wittle powitician ever or proof that science, in the wrong hands, will engineer miniature robotic Democrats who distract with a message of hope while eating our flesh. As for the undecideds...I'll be honest here. I'm so sick of hearing what those dudes "think." [Flickr via Wired]

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Thats Dr Bear to You
Posted 10:48 AM 5/11/08
@Monty2_2001: Now if only he made really trendy computers ;)
Thats Dr Bear to You
Lupison
Posted 10:47 AM 5/11/08
Only you can prevent Gray Goo.
Lupison
Thats Dr Bear to You
Posted 10:47 AM 5/11/08
@Shai: With this election that's basically all he had to say
Thats Dr Bear to You
vista64guy
Posted 10:46 AM 5/11/08
KK That's about as big as I want to ever see his face.
vista64guy
Shai
Posted 10:46 AM 5/11/08
That guy has the biggest fan club I have ever seen; the strange part is I don't think he's actually done anything besides get on stage and say "I, in fact, am not George Bush". *clapping*
Shai
jkr's bold comment
Posted 10:43 AM 5/11/08
how much money did that researcher just waste?
jkr's bold comment
Monty2_2001
Posted 10:40 AM 5/11/08
More bizarre worship of this guy. If he wins shortly, there will likely be an 'order of obama' and statues of him all over the country.
Monty2_2001
Lite
Posted 10:30 AM 5/11/08
Why are there some disformed nanohairs? Are they mutating into nanites for change already?
Lite
SmartyPantsDance.
Posted 10:23 AM 5/11/08
I gotta laugh at the name...nanobama
I believe he will win though. banhammobama!
SmartyPantsDance.
Thats Dr Bear to You
Posted 10:23 AM 5/11/08
Nanotubes....truely the change we're looking for.
Thats Dr Bear to You
Cordfucious v 2.0.1
Posted 11:13 AM 5/11/08
@anti-hello-kitty: Not true. 2000 is a perfect example. Also ask Richard Nixon
Cordfucious v 2.0.1
anti-hello-kitty
Posted 11:03 AM 5/11/08
This election has just been one big popularity contest, which I guess is all an election is anyways...the most liked candidate wins...
anti-hello-kitty
Powered by cookies and beer
Posted 10:56 AM 5/11/08
Where's McCain?
Powered by cookies and beer
shiftyeyedgoat
Posted 11:29 AM 5/11/08
Also, what's with the lower-case 'm' mixed in with the other all-caps?
shiftyeyedgoat
unkpku has a really long fucking screenname because i saw some o
Posted 11:22 AM 5/11/08
nanobama, way to be creative.
unkpku has a really long fucking screenname because i saw some other people do it
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 11:17 AM 5/11/08
@anti-hello-kitty: Charisma goes a long way, ask the Germans.
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
desimal
Posted 11:15 AM 5/11/08
i call Bullshit!
or huge waste of time!
desimal
heroineworshipper
Posted 12:18 PM 5/11/08
Can't wait for the post election Ububa marathon, where we get to reread every Ububa work of art nonstop. When does Uba's birthday become a holiday?
heroineworshipper
Kakkoister
Posted 12:03 PM 5/11/08
@Shai: Well then you must not of watched the election much at all.
Kakkoister
eblingmis doesn't know why he chose his name
Posted 2:04 PM 5/11/08
@Shai: I think you're right Shai. A lot of people are idolizing him and his visage, and he hasn't done nothin for us yet.
eblingmis doesn't know why he chose his name
Shai
Posted 1:59 PM 5/11/08
@Kakkoister: I don't have a television, so I didn't see any ads, but I did watch all of the debates online.
Shai
mobiusmind
Posted 1:56 PM 5/11/08
Anyone else noting the scale this has been manufactured on? These aren't nanobamas, they're microbamas!
mobiusmind
Chiz0
Posted 2:29 PM 5/11/08
So these where made with "a series of tubes"?
Chiz0
scarbrtj
Posted 2:53 PM 5/11/08
Of course Obama would be made from carbon.
McCain... calcium. Maybe dysprosium.
scarbrtj
willyolio
Posted 3:34 PM 5/11/08
@Thats Dr Bear to You:
given 2004's election, i'm sure he had to do a lot more than that.
willyolio
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 3:31 PM 5/11/08
Great! Now some people will be able to inject Obama in their bloodstreams... :P
This is not a political comment btw
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Kakkoister
Posted 5:38 PM 5/11/08
@Powered by cookies and beer: Loosing
Kakkoister
Vagabum
Posted 6:15 PM 5/11/08
It's all fun and games until Nanobama becomes self-aware.
Vagabum
Shai
Posted 6:48 PM 5/11/08
Just to set the record straight, I didn't vote for McCain and I'm not a registered democrat or republican. It just really annoys me when anybody forms a quasi religion around one man, no matter what their scope of influence. It buggers common sense and individual reason.
Shai
gibson042
Posted 12:07 AM 6/11/08
Good effort and nicely done! All that's lacking is a little more attention to detail... the ears look hastily done and your "m" is lowercase. Also, you didn't clean up your workspace before turning this in. I look forward to your next project. B-
gibson042
DeusExMach
Posted 4:20 AM 6/11/08
@Kakkoister: loosing what? A bolt? a nut? his belt? what exactly is he making looser?
DeusExMach
Mpls_Mikey
Posted 5:51 AM 6/11/08
@anti-hello-kitty: true, but here the best candidate also won, so there that.
@ shamoononon: get a life.
Mpls_Mikey
Mpls_Mikey
Posted 5:49 AM 6/11/08
@Monty2_2001: Nice application Goodwin's law... douche
Mpls_Mikey
Hyman Decent
Posted 7:04 AM 6/11/08
His skin color is white!
I recall reading about a billboard or the like that someone put up during a previous presidential election cycle. It depicted Jesse Jackson with white skin and had the caption HOW YA LIKE ME NOW. The artist who put it up meant to suggest that many more white people would vote for Jesse Jackson if only he were white, but black people were offended because they thought they were being accused of supporting Jackson only because he's black.
Good thing Obama's election has cured all of our nation's racial ills.
[/sarcasm]
Hyman Decent
Hyman Decent
Posted 6:58 AM 6/11/08
@Shai: +1
Hyman Decent
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 12:51 PM 7/11/08
@Mpls_Mikey: That hurts coming from a person that rebuttals by sticking their tongue out.
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Bluesk1d
Posted 10:31 AM 8/11/08
@Shai:
Bingo. He's practically been deified for simply NOT being a Republican and being able to speak coherently.
Bluesk1d