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I think calling a device with dimensions on the order of a millimetre 'dust-sized' is a bit of a stretch. While dust particles might adhere together to form str
by dkbrk 10y ago
I think calling a device with dimensions on the order of a millimetre 'dust-sized' is a bit of a stretch. While dust particles might adhere together to form structures at the millimetre scale, a google search for 'dust size' confirms that dust particles are generally at the micron or sub-micron scale. That's a fairly substantial difference.
- Retric 10y agoDust mites are 0.2–0.3 millimetres so calling 1 millimeters dust sized is not that unreasonable.
- grangerg 10y agoSeems dust-size is appropriate. Though 1 cubic millimeter is significantly more volume than something 300 microns long (1000 microns = 1mm)
- wonkaWonka 10y agoRice is not "dust" and sand is not "dust" by any stretch of parlance. These things will fall on the ground and you'll hear them hit the floor in a quiet room. These things will not float on windless air, suspended in a sunbeam. They are not saw dust, either. They are not iron filings. They are not crushed slivers of glass. They are something more. Look at the picture. Maybe relative to other implantable electronics, they are certainly very small. But qualitatively speaking, not soot, not smoke, not powder, not dust.
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