Description:  This microchain allows a single micromotor to drive many gears. Each link in the chain is 50 microns long, or about 10 times the size of a red blood cell.
Source:  Sandia National Laboratories
Story:  Tiny chain revs microdevices
TRN February 6, 2002
TRN Categories:  Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
Form:  Still

 
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