Nanosculptors could help focus light on silicon chips

It turns making a mountain out of a molehill on its head, to say the least. IBM researchers have sculpted a 1:180 billion scale model of the Matterhorn, the 4478-metre-tall Alpine peak on the Swiss-Italian border.

New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18809-nanosculptors-could-help-focus-light-on-silicon-chips.html

Cool art, but not just art for art’s sake.