Last week, we asked you what this picture was:
We got some interesting answers for this one. Gittins suggested it was the design for a pair of socks that he had bought from Primark. It isn’t, although I think I have a pair of the same socks he’s talking about. Nigel put forward that it was an aerial view of a field of genetically engineered plants, while Rob thought that it might be a piece of tribal art, the bit on the right being a hand, the left being the side of a face.
All wrong, I’m afraid, although I like the tribal art answer. Closer was Jon D’s contribution, which suggested it was a nano-motor of some kind. Closest of all though, close enough in fact to call it a win, was Michael Gray’s answer:
“An etched silicon circuit.”
The picture is of a silicon tower complex at a height of 100 nm. It is a test piece for new semiconductor designs. So there you go! If we had a prize, it would go to Mr Gray.
Right, we’ve another off the wall offering for you this week. It’s quite a different picture from the last one. We like to keep things fresh!
You all know the game by now: what are we looking at in the picture below?
#1 by Jo on June 1, 2010 - 20:05
An early ventriloquist double act?
#2 by Paul Smout on June 2, 2010 - 11:24
It’s either…
Mike’s mental image of what he’ll do to Marsh if he slags off Doctor Who just once more.
or…
Romulus and Remus
#3 by Michael Gray on June 3, 2010 - 01:56
A “Lost Property” auction?
#4 by Jon d on June 4, 2010 - 04:26
The one on the left is showing off his homeopathic roman legion.
#5 by Michael Gray on June 5, 2010 - 08:06
Jon d:
I thought it was the Greeks who invented homopathic head?
#6 by Nate Stamness on June 26, 2010 - 16:19
I believe that this is a depiction of one of the first ever puppet shows. They didn’t have socks to make sock puppets, so they went to the next best thing, which is a head on a pike.
Either that, or this is a picture of some very morbid ice cream salesmen.