Latest Channel 4 News:
Top building societies 'may merge'
Zuma announces new Aids policies
Demjanjuk 'willing Hitler follower'
UN attacks Switzerland minaret ban
Murder suspect shot dead by police

Institute builds 'fastest drill'

Updated on 15 November 2008

Source PA News

A renowned Swiss scientific institute says it has built a drill that spins at least twice as fast as any motor currently in existence.

The Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich says the matchbox-sized device uses custom-made electronics and a new combination of metals to achieve a million rotations per minute.

Researcher Christof Zwyssig said the engine will allow them to drill holes narrower than the width of a human hair.

He and fellow postgraduate researcher Martin Bartholet are marketing their device to the electronics industry.

Institute faculty and students have won 21 Nobel prizes.

These news feeds are provided by an independent third party and Channel 4 is not responsible or liable to you for the same.

Send this article by email


Watch the Latest Channel 4 News

Watch Channel 4 News when you want

Latest Science Technology & Environment news

More News blogs

View RSS feed

Copenhagen 2009

Copenhagen 2009

Build-up to the climate change summit in December.

Time to save the world

image

Expert advice on 10 climate changing ideas to save the planet.

Brazil to Copenhagen

Brazil

The long road from the 1992 Brazil Earth Summit to Copenhagen.

Bursting Google's bubble?

Google (credit:Reuters)

Rupert Murdoch takes on Google in the global media war.

Swine flu vaccine

image

Wondering how you can get the swine flu vaccine? Find advice here.

Most watched

Most watched

Find out what's getting people clicking online this week.

How to tweet

How and why to follow the Channel 4 News family on Twitter.




Channel 4 © 2009. Channel 4 is not responsible for the content of external websites.