"With the advent of miniaturization & high electronics, we've have to turn to... more advanced sciences."
"This is the toe of a nameless king. When you peel back the nail, your enemies will be afflicted with crippling visions of all those they've lost."
'Can... can I just get the poison lipstick?'
"This is the toe of a nameless king. When you peel back the nail, your enemies will be afflicted with crippling visions of all those they've lost."
'Can... can I just get the poison lipstick?'
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"With the advent of miniaturization & high electronics, we've have to turn to... more advanced sciences."
"This is the toe of a nameless king. When you peel back the nail, your enemies will be afflicted with crippling visions of all those they've lost."
'Can... can I just get the poison lipstick?'
"This is the toe of a nameless king. When you peel back the nail, your enemies will be afflicted with crippling visions of all those they've lost."
'Can... can I just get the poison lipstick?'
With the increased use in matter/antimatter reactors for Warp and an increase in efficiency and miniaturization of fusion reactors for Impulse drives, ships like the NX-01 were built with separate drive systems that allowed for independent as well as redundant operation 2/5
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
With the increased use in matter/antimatter reactors for Warp and an increase in efficiency and miniaturization of fusion reactors for Impulse drives, ships like the NX-01 were built with separate drive systems that allowed for independent as well as redundant operation 2/5
Oct. 30, 1925: Dramatizing how far radio miniaturization has advanced, an inventor installs a crystal receiving set on the pips of a domino at a London show.
October 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Oct. 30, 1925: Dramatizing how far radio miniaturization has advanced, an inventor installs a crystal receiving set on the pips of a domino at a London show.
WM 20 didn’t have auto reverse - that came the next year I think in a successor.
I had the WM 20. Amazing device - the same size as a cassette case when idle. It slid open to accommodate a cassette tape. Had Dolby noise reduction and handled chrome and metal tape. A miracle of miniaturization.
I had the WM 20. Amazing device - the same size as a cassette case when idle. It slid open to accommodate a cassette tape. Had Dolby noise reduction and handled chrome and metal tape. A miracle of miniaturization.
October 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
WM 20 didn’t have auto reverse - that came the next year I think in a successor.
I had the WM 20. Amazing device - the same size as a cassette case when idle. It slid open to accommodate a cassette tape. Had Dolby noise reduction and handled chrome and metal tape. A miracle of miniaturization.
I had the WM 20. Amazing device - the same size as a cassette case when idle. It slid open to accommodate a cassette tape. Had Dolby noise reduction and handled chrome and metal tape. A miracle of miniaturization.
Lynn Conway, fired from IBM in 1968 after transitioning. Went on to work at Xerox PARC and work on microchip miniaturization. Her work brought on the home computer revolution in the 80s.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Co...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Co...
Lynn Conway - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Lynn Conway, fired from IBM in 1968 after transitioning. Went on to work at Xerox PARC and work on microchip miniaturization. Her work brought on the home computer revolution in the 80s.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Co...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Co...
Gobies big and small. Not just small…. teeny tiny!
I painted 6 gobies, 3 of them not even an inch long, for this paper about the evolution of miniaturization. (To be clear, the fish are tiny, but the paintings are not.)
Big congratulations to @fishfetisher.bsky.social and colleagues.
🐡🐟🧪
I painted 6 gobies, 3 of them not even an inch long, for this paper about the evolution of miniaturization. (To be clear, the fish are tiny, but the paintings are not.)
Big congratulations to @fishfetisher.bsky.social and colleagues.
🐡🐟🧪
October 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Gobies big and small. Not just small…. teeny tiny!
I painted 6 gobies, 3 of them not even an inch long, for this paper about the evolution of miniaturization. (To be clear, the fish are tiny, but the paintings are not.)
Big congratulations to @fishfetisher.bsky.social and colleagues.
🐡🐟🧪
I painted 6 gobies, 3 of them not even an inch long, for this paper about the evolution of miniaturization. (To be clear, the fish are tiny, but the paintings are not.)
Big congratulations to @fishfetisher.bsky.social and colleagues.
🐡🐟🧪
🛰️ We are delighted to announce the publication of a new paper titled "Supercritical miniaturization of turbulence in microsystems" on Scientific Reports @natureportfolio.nature.com based on microfluidic experimental results: doi.org/10.1038/s415... @upc.edu @erc.europa.eu @eccomass.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🛰️ We are delighted to announce the publication of a new paper titled "Supercritical miniaturization of turbulence in microsystems" on Scientific Reports @natureportfolio.nature.com based on microfluidic experimental results: doi.org/10.1038/s415... @upc.edu @erc.europa.eu @eccomass.bsky.social
I wonder if this is the company that has the proprietary method of miniaturization that all modern chips depend on.
If China were to gain access to that technology it would be completely over for Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and other chip makers for the Western world.
If China were to gain access to that technology it would be completely over for Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and other chip makers for the Western world.
October 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I wonder if this is the company that has the proprietary method of miniaturization that all modern chips depend on.
If China were to gain access to that technology it would be completely over for Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and other chip makers for the Western world.
If China were to gain access to that technology it would be completely over for Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and other chip makers for the Western world.
A new all-optical radio receiver using Rydberg atoms enables highly sensitive, non-invasive detection of microwave fields without metal components, offering precise calibration and miniaturization potential. doi.org/g965h6
Quantum radio antenna uses Rydberg states for sensitive, all-optical signal detection
A team from the Faculty of Physics and the Center for Quantum Optical Technologies at the University of Warsaw has developed a new type of all-optical radio receiver based on the fundamental properties of Rydberg atoms.
phys.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A new all-optical radio receiver using Rydberg atoms enables highly sensitive, non-invasive detection of microwave fields without metal components, offering precise calibration and miniaturization potential. doi.org/g965h6
It's always weird to me that people don't realize that we live a time of technological stagnation that hasn't really been seen since the industrial revolution. I mean, what has happened since the 90s that isn't just miniaturization, increased power, greater scale, of existing technologies?
what exactly has gotten better for the average person in the past 20 years with all the innovation such as AI, exactly? what's the social use case here
October 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It's always weird to me that people don't realize that we live a time of technological stagnation that hasn't really been seen since the industrial revolution. I mean, what has happened since the 90s that isn't just miniaturization, increased power, greater scale, of existing technologies?
i wish this were just nostalgia!
between planned obsolescence and "cheap" manufacturing due to low wages, "good-enough" materials, integration/miniaturization, and increased automation, naturally QC becomes a cut cost because "just throw it out and send the customer a new one"
between planned obsolescence and "cheap" manufacturing due to low wages, "good-enough" materials, integration/miniaturization, and increased automation, naturally QC becomes a cut cost because "just throw it out and send the customer a new one"
September 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
i wish this were just nostalgia!
between planned obsolescence and "cheap" manufacturing due to low wages, "good-enough" materials, integration/miniaturization, and increased automation, naturally QC becomes a cut cost because "just throw it out and send the customer a new one"
between planned obsolescence and "cheap" manufacturing due to low wages, "good-enough" materials, integration/miniaturization, and increased automation, naturally QC becomes a cut cost because "just throw it out and send the customer a new one"
The point isn't actually to have an Iron Man suit.
The point is to plow tens of billions of dollars each year into materials science, robotic miniaturization, and compact power storage, which would have significant non-military applications.
The point is to plow tens of billions of dollars each year into materials science, robotic miniaturization, and compact power storage, which would have significant non-military applications.
September 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The point isn't actually to have an Iron Man suit.
The point is to plow tens of billions of dollars each year into materials science, robotic miniaturization, and compact power storage, which would have significant non-military applications.
The point is to plow tens of billions of dollars each year into materials science, robotic miniaturization, and compact power storage, which would have significant non-military applications.
Why do x brained folks do this to themselves.
Dawg you are building a bespoke robot with gear-drive based joints, and it's 2025, you're listening to Elon say what exactly? Just do your own thing, there is no secret to humanoids outside power, miniaturization in actuators, and software. Just do you.
Dawg you are building a bespoke robot with gear-drive based joints, and it's 2025, you're listening to Elon say what exactly? Just do your own thing, there is no secret to humanoids outside power, miniaturization in actuators, and software. Just do you.
March 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Why do x brained folks do this to themselves.
Dawg you are building a bespoke robot with gear-drive based joints, and it's 2025, you're listening to Elon say what exactly? Just do your own thing, there is no secret to humanoids outside power, miniaturization in actuators, and software. Just do you.
Dawg you are building a bespoke robot with gear-drive based joints, and it's 2025, you're listening to Elon say what exactly? Just do your own thing, there is no secret to humanoids outside power, miniaturization in actuators, and software. Just do you.
Have you ever thought about how much better the tech industry would be at miniaturization if Steve Jobs had insisted on devices that fit in *women’s* pockets?
March 5, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Have you ever thought about how much better the tech industry would be at miniaturization if Steve Jobs had insisted on devices that fit in *women’s* pockets?
Okay, fair point. Here, "good" "bad" is not meant as an ethical evaluation, or an engineering evaluation, but rather specific to environmental context.
Miniaturization of a species is a "good" trait if you live on an isolated island with limited resources.
Miniaturization of a species is a "good" trait if you live on an isolated island with limited resources.
December 27, 2023 at 10:18 PM
Okay, fair point. Here, "good" "bad" is not meant as an ethical evaluation, or an engineering evaluation, but rather specific to environmental context.
Miniaturization of a species is a "good" trait if you live on an isolated island with limited resources.
Miniaturization of a species is a "good" trait if you live on an isolated island with limited resources.
The tech industry knows that we are rapidly reaching the limits of circuit miniaturization and that people won't buy new gadgets if the performance plateaus so they are desperately trying to find the next big thing. Damn the environment if it keeps them afloat.
August 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The tech industry knows that we are rapidly reaching the limits of circuit miniaturization and that people won't buy new gadgets if the performance plateaus so they are desperately trying to find the next big thing. Damn the environment if it keeps them afloat.
yah it's to prevent a real terrible way to go (ass disease)
it's not so bad. I hear from the olds that it was a lot worse in the 90s before miniaturization
it's not so bad. I hear from the olds that it was a lot worse in the 90s before miniaturization
August 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
yah it's to prevent a real terrible way to go (ass disease)
it's not so bad. I hear from the olds that it was a lot worse in the 90s before miniaturization
it's not so bad. I hear from the olds that it was a lot worse in the 90s before miniaturization
Also, Moore's Law doesn't really hold any more. For decades we just got used to the idea that a combination of rapidly-increasing miniaturization and competition from new products would cause the cost of essentially any integrated circuit to plummet to near zero over the course of a few years
August 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Also, Moore's Law doesn't really hold any more. For decades we just got used to the idea that a combination of rapidly-increasing miniaturization and competition from new products would cause the cost of essentially any integrated circuit to plummet to near zero over the course of a few years
The only technologies that deserve that level of adulation are relational databases and the C programming language. Maybe the electronics miniaturization revolution that drove mobile phone development.
August 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The only technologies that deserve that level of adulation are relational databases and the C programming language. Maybe the electronics miniaturization revolution that drove mobile phone development.
"This is our problem, insofar as this electronic encephalization, this miniaturization of circuits and of energy, this transistorization of the environment condemn to futility, to obsolescence, and almost to obscenity, all that which once constituted the stage of o..."
- The Ecstasy of Communication
- The Ecstasy of Communication
June 7, 2024 at 11:48 AM
"This is our problem, insofar as this electronic encephalization, this miniaturization of circuits and of energy, this transistorization of the environment condemn to futility, to obsolescence, and almost to obscenity, all that which once constituted the stage of o..."
- The Ecstasy of Communication
- The Ecstasy of Communication
"The Brachycephalus pulex exhibits notable anatomical modifications associated with its miniaturization. The simplification of its auditory system reflects a distinct communication or predator avoidance strategy tailored to its miniature scale." From: interestingengineering.com/science/braz...
This tiny Brazilian frog is the world's smallest vertebrate
Scientists discover the world's smallest vertebrate, Brachycephalus pulex, in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, a rice grain-sized frog.
interestingengineering.com
February 19, 2024 at 1:28 PM
"The Brachycephalus pulex exhibits notable anatomical modifications associated with its miniaturization. The simplification of its auditory system reflects a distinct communication or predator avoidance strategy tailored to its miniature scale." From: interestingengineering.com/science/braz...
Nov 30th 1924 - Nefarious businessman Victor Scrimshaw, who is hellbent on gaining the 2 computer chips that enable miniaturization and re-enlargement, was born.
📽️📅 Innerspace (1987)
📽️📅 Innerspace (1987)
November 30, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Nov 30th 1924 - Nefarious businessman Victor Scrimshaw, who is hellbent on gaining the 2 computer chips that enable miniaturization and re-enlargement, was born.
📽️📅 Innerspace (1987)
📽️📅 Innerspace (1987)
Enter Google's Willow quantum computing chip. IBM 7030 was once the "mighty" all-powerful but, with the advent of miniaturization, intel and others won the day. Nvidia is todays "IBM", not necessarily tomorrow's AI computing leader. Maybe not even Google!
blog.google/technology/r...
blog.google/technology/r...
Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip
Our new quantum chip demonstrates error correction and performance that paves the way to a useful, large-scale quantum computer.
blog.google
December 11, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Enter Google's Willow quantum computing chip. IBM 7030 was once the "mighty" all-powerful but, with the advent of miniaturization, intel and others won the day. Nvidia is todays "IBM", not necessarily tomorrow's AI computing leader. Maybe not even Google!
blog.google/technology/r...
blog.google/technology/r...
6. Scaling and Deployment
Miniaturization: Develop compact and efficient energy generation systems for on-board use.
Materials Science: Innovate materials capable of withstanding extreme conditions in the warp bubble interface.
Miniaturization: Develop compact and efficient energy generation systems for on-board use.
Materials Science: Innovate materials capable of withstanding extreme conditions in the warp bubble interface.
November 24, 2024 at 5:20 PM
6. Scaling and Deployment
Miniaturization: Develop compact and efficient energy generation systems for on-board use.
Materials Science: Innovate materials capable of withstanding extreme conditions in the warp bubble interface.
Miniaturization: Develop compact and efficient energy generation systems for on-board use.
Materials Science: Innovate materials capable of withstanding extreme conditions in the warp bubble interface.
Curr Biol: Miniaturization of Nervous Systems and Neurons http://bit.ly/JrUnRp
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Curr Biol: Miniaturization of Nervous Systems and Neurons http://bit.ly/JrUnRp