Faced with a U.S. Department of Defense charge to manipulate well - known materials in new ways, Alan Jacobsen, a research scientist at HRL Laboratories in California, constructed delicate lattices of polymer fibers less
than a millimeter thick.
While its 46 mm case diameter is on a par with the Moto 360, at 12.6 mm, the Founder Q is more
than a millimeter thicker than the 11.4 mm Moto 360.
Not exact matches
«A paperlike LCD — thin, flexible, tough and cheap: Less
than half a
millimeter thick, the new flexi - LCD design could revolutionize printed media..»
Consequently, optically rewritable LCDs are thinner
than traditional LCDs, at less
than half a
millimeter thick, can be made from flexible plastic, and weigh only a few grams.
It is 10
millimeters wide and 24 inches long, making it a little
thicker than most of the other necklaces on this list.
The new electrode grid, developed by a team of researchers at the University of California San Diego and Massachusetts General Hospital, is about a thousand times thinner — 6 micrometers versus several
millimeters thick —
than clinical electrode grids.
In this week's Science Vukusic and his colleagues report that the bug's five - micrometer -
thick scales were whiter
than a child's baby tooth, which is encased in a
millimeter -
thick layer of white enamel.
He estimates that a 2
millimeter thick layer of these tar constituents, polymers called tholins, would absorb more
than 99 % of the UV energy at the most - damaging wavelengths.
They also made a branching pattern of arteries with walls less
than one
millimeter thick.
As a result, the annual layers averaged about 0.4
millimeters thick — wide enough for the researchers to get seven to eight samples per layer, which is slightly better
than one measurement every two months.
For example, amorphous iron alloys could be cast no more
than a few
millimeters thick.
Along with more
than a dozen helpers, the married couple applied 5,000 pounds of clay and germinating seed to the church's walls over a period of five days, creating a layer only
millimeters thick.
The researchers made lenses about a few
millimeters thick with a magnification power of 160 times and a resolution of about 4 microns (millionths of a meter)-- two times lower in optical resolution
than many commercial microscopes, but more
than three orders of magnitude lower in cost.
Shut the car off, and it swivels — a surprisingly complex process requiring forty different moving parts and tolerances of less
than half a
millimeter — to show a clean expanse of wood veneer, part of the ten square meters of the 0.1 mm
thick wood featured in the cabin as a whole.
And the ability to reach farther into the midsection of the page lessened the disadvantage of working with such a deeply inset screen (Amazon says that the inset was necessary for its touch technology — but it's noticeably
thicker, by
millimeters,
than the inset on the competing Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch and Kobo eReader Touch Edition).
The case weighs only about 3 ounces, and with the lid closed, it's less
than half an inch
thick and only a few
millimeters longer and wider
than the Paperwhite itself.
This is 4 grams lighter but almost a whole
millimeter thicker than the 720.
The Galaxy Tab S2 follows on from last year's Tab S in being a high - resolution tablet, but while Samsung manages to put in a similar - sized 9.7 - inch AMOLED display to the iPad Air 2 with a 2048x1536 resolution, along with an eight - inch variant, Samsung has also made it 5.6 mm
thick, thinner
than the Air 2 by half a
millimeter.
(Some older nonlit models are
thicker, but none by more
than a
millimeter.)
The T300 Chi, on the other hand, feels well balanced despite the tablet portion being just a few fractions of a
millimeter thicker and ounces heavier
than its keyboard base.
It measures 10.45 mm (0.41 inches)
thick, which is just half a
millimeter thinner
than the Kindle Fire — itself no slender belle.
The new hardware is 9.5
millimeters thick, which is 20 percent thinner
than the original Pebble watch.
The Switch is much beefier
than a typical slate, though, measuring around 15.2
millimeters thick.
The slightly
thicker build gives more room for battery, and also helps reduce the camera bump on the back to less
than half a
millimeter.
The XZ2 is almost four
millimeters thicker than the XZ1, while the latest Compact flagship jumps from its predecessor's 9.3 mm profile to an unusually chunky 12.1 mm waist.
«They're so small,» I said, eyes wide as I stared down at a Bluetooth - enabled earbud no more
than four
millimeters thick.
At 7.1
millimeters thick, it is thinner
than the 7.6 -
millimeter iPhone 5S.
At 6.4 ounces and 9
millimeters thick, the device is a bit more cumbersome
than the Moto G5 Plus, which is 5.5 ounces and 7.7
millimeters thick.
While it's a standalone lock with no wireless features or app connectivity (a Z - wave Plus version is in the works), it's a great - looking product, its exterior escutcheon just a
millimeter or two
thicker than the otherwise similar Yale Assure SL.
Both models are only 6.6
millimeters thick, which is thinner
than even the Galaxy S5.
In fact according to Apple, the iPad Air 28 % lighter
than the fourth - generation iPad model — and at 7.5
millimeters thick, it's also 20 % thinner.
Coming in the first quarter of this year for a cool $ 7,000, the LG Signature G6 series has it all: 4K UHD resolution, support for high dynamic range protocols, a stand that doubles as a set of powerful speakers and an elegant glass mount that's less
than 3
millimeters thick.
And while it may be a
millimeter thicker than the iPhone 7, its tapered edges make it feel every bit as svelte, and it has a headphone jack to boot.
Redmi 4 also provides better single hand usability due to its overall smaller footprint, but note that the Redmi 4 is about a
millimeter thicker than the Redmi Y1.
The Axon 7 measures 151.8 x 75 x 8.7
millimeters, or around 5.98 x 2.95 x 0.34 inches, which makes the handset slightly
thicker than the Samsung counterpart.
At just 6.5 mm
thick, the phone feels really nice in the hand, and even though it's just a few
millimeters slimmer
than a phone like the Galaxy S4, it seems like there's a huge difference.
When Surface team members had the initial idea for a detectable book cover - like keyboard, they agreed that the accessory had to be no more
than 4.2
millimeters thick to make the experience as good as possible.
The slim design isn't only in appearances as the device is just 7.8
thick, making it just a fraction of a
millimeter thicker than the iPad mini.
The publication also hinted the king - size iPad will be somewhat
thicker than the svelte iPad Air 2, which measures 6.1 -
millimeters thick.
The Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro is both thinner and lighter
than its predecessor, weighing in at 2.62 pounds, and measuring 12.8
millimeters thick.
Part of the enlarged frame is because the device is
thicker than either Galaxy S8 size; in fact it's half a
millimeter thicker than the Galaxy S8 +, and oddly enough feels rather fat because of it.
So, if this rumor is something to be believed, then the new iPhone 7s will measure 7.21 -
millimeters which is only slightly
thicker than the 7.1 -
millimeters on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 6s.
Measuring in at a few
millimeters taller
than the original Pixel, the Pixel 2 features a thinner build with a straight profile, unlike last year's wedge shape, which featured a thinner lower portion of the device and a
thicker upper portion.
8.6 mm would have been considered thin a few years ago, but in a world of devices that are consistently below 7 mm in many cases, the extra half a
millimeter thicker than the S8 feels inordinately large.
The phone is slightly
thicker than what you would find from Samsung's identically named phone, but it's only a fraction of a
millimeter thicker anyway; something that becomes unnoticeable over time, and is in no way
thick overall.