Japanese scientists 3D print the world's smallest bunny

May 30, 2013 20:31 GMT  ·  By

State-of-the-art 3D printing technologies have made it possible for a team of Japanese scientists to piece together the world's smallest bunny.

The bunny, pictured above, is roughly the size of a single bacterium, and the only reason why we can now check it out is because its image has been enlarged a gazillion times.

The researchers used 3D printing to piece together the bunny's shape, and then carbonized the structure.

Inhabitat quotes project advisor Shoji Maruo, who said that, “When we got the carbon bunny structure, we were very surprised. Even with a very simple experimental structure, we could get this complicated 3D carbon microstructure.”

The Japanese scientists say that, though they have chosen to use this technology for entertainment, 3D printing is serious business.

By this, they mean that such technologies will soon be used to roll out cells and microelectrodes for use in medicine.