U-W’s Institute for Quantum Computing creates world’s smallest national flag
Posted Sep 20, 2016 08:07:43 AM.
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The University of Waterloo has been recognized by Guinness World Records.
The university’s Institute for Quantum Computing has created the world’s smallest national flag.
It’s a Canadian flag and was designed in advance of our country’s 150th birthday in 2017.
It’s about 1.178 micrometres in length and is roughly one 100th the width of a human hair.
It is so tiny, the only way you can see it is with an electron microscope.
The institute’s associate director of communications and strategic initiatives, Tobi-Day Hamilton, says, “Canada 150 celebrates our past, present and future.”
She adds, “The future of Canadian technology is firmly set in the quantum world and at the nano-scale, so what better way to celebrate the lead up to 2017 than with a record-setting, nano-scale national flag.”
It will be on display during a travelling exhibit which will land at THEMUSEUM in downtown Kitchener on October 14th.
The institute’s executive director, Raymond Laflamme, says, “It’s an opportunity to share the transformative technologies resulting from Canadian research and bring quantum computing to fellow Canadians from coast to coast to coast.”
