According to the info posted on YouTube, the above video of microscopic Tetris is the result of “optically trapping 42 glass microspheres (1 μm or 0.001 mm diameter) in a 25 μm x 20 μm sized area under a microscope. Their positions are then steered with a computer.” Which was exactly what we were going to say.
If you ask us, it’s super-creepy… and sounds downright cruel. Where’s PETA when it comes to the trapping of bacteria to fulfill the twisted whims of Tetris-addicted microbiologists? Where’s the bacterial equivalent of Jack Bauer, storming in to stop these mad scientists from toying with life, “steering” microbes into whatever unnatural positions they want. Where is the outrage?
To soothe ourselves, we had to re-watch the video below of Tetris on a macro level – the windows of an office buidling. Ah, that’s better.
No lessons needed here.
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