The diminishing size of it of gadgetry is about as certain as Moore ’s police , and is generally good for us . But for some , sizing is an obsession , and smaller is always better . This is what they ’ve wrought :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B82SJOJKPL4
Smallest CRT idiot box
Although small CRT screens can be had ( such as those used in old camcorder viewfinders ) , they wo n’t pilfer up to your Wii . This 1.5 - inch TV will in reality connect to A / quintet equipment via standard RCA cable . See the video for the tiniest game of Wario ever . Strangely , this piddling wonder come as part of aminiature living room diorama .
https://gizmodo.com/japanese-livingroom-diorama-with-working-1-5-inch-tv-219979
Smallest PC
It ’s the universe ’s smallest Linux PC , or else it ’s very snug . Smaller than theGumstix , smaller than theSpaceCube , the PicoTux ishorrendously underpowered , has two three connector : a 5.5v DC input , ethernet doodly-squat , and serial larboard . But none of that matters , because this is pure novelty render in silicon and metal .
https://gizmodo.com/gumstix-sized-computer-kinda-209598
Smallest 35 mm television camera
Anyone can make a tiny digital camera , but matter are a little more complicated when you have to accommodate a 35 mm funnies of film . TheRolleiwas built in 1962 , and remain one of the smallest amply operational standard moving picture cameras ever made . How small-scale is it ? That ’s it next to a regular roll of film , inset . little by 35 mm standards , but probably elephantine to you and your digicam - woolly mind .
Smallest Combustion Engine
Sensationally hailedas a battery successor a few yr back , this petite small butane - powered burning engine was developed at the University of Birmingham . It readily fell off the map , believably because people halt listening to its maker after he suggested using one of these carbon emitters in a pacemaker . earnestly .
Smallest Fuel Cell
Speaking of battery replacements , here ’s a plausible one : this0.7 volt , 3 millimeter fuel cellcreated at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign wo n’t do your iPod much good , and actually hold less burster than your modal button cell sentinel battery . But as a proof of concept and a sign of the zodiac of sound thing to get along , this self - hold speck of a fuel cell is vibrate .
https://gizmodo.com/worlds-smallest-fuel-cell-could-power-your-gadgets-5137246
Smallest Optical Mouse
Our own John Mahoney put it best when he said of the Z - Nano , “ the limen of practicality here has been violated . ” Indeed it has . The Z - Nano may be the only mouse you could buy that would be less well-off than your netbook ’s touchpad .
https://gizmodo.com/worlds-smallest-optical-mouse-proves-some-gadgets-dont-5108210
Smallest Hard Disk Drive
I ’m certain there was a clip when making teensy hard drives seemed like a great idea . It was a time that spawned such wonders as theMicrodriveHDD - in - a - CF - scorecard , and which culminate in this , Toshiba ’s .85 - inch , 8 GB hard drive . As for why they never fuck off any smaller , well , last calendar month I purchased a 16 GB Compact Flash add-in for $ 24 . So .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIND2jRSEhc
Smallest Production railcar
The smallest production car ever , the Peel P50 was manufacture on Britain ’s Isle of Man for an original damage of £ 199 . That was in 1962 . The P50 ’s salient features , not to mention its size , are best illustrated on your left , by Jeremy Clarkson ’s ominous - fate test drive on Top Gear .
Smallest Revolver
A 5.5 cm farseeing Swiss revolving door that give notice genuine 2.3 mm ( that ’d be about .09 caliber ) bullets at over 300 miles per hour , the SwissMiniGun is Guinness - certify . It ’s illegal to import due to being technically unclassifiable under US legal philosophy , and it ’s say to be black . Possibly just as a choking hazard .
Smallest Netbook
There are smaller UMPCs out there , but they ’re a nigh - on impossible painfulness to use , and most of them lead custom - built Linux distributions that can make simple task a chore . The UMID mbook does n’t give much for its size — it ’s Atom - power , runs XP , has a full keyboard and even a webcam — it ’s just scaled down . How far ? Well , that screen you see there , that ’s 4.3 inches .
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