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Wednesday, 27 February 2019

The sci-fi tech behind the most satisfying videos on the internet now

The psychedelic portion: From the unimaginably big to the unimaginably small, we found these mind-bending videos mesmerizing. We dare you to look away when Wired walks you through the ridiculously high-tech process of making these perfect EDM fits. EDM, or electrical discharge machining, is the process of shaping material by shooting electrical sparks at it off a brass wire. In other words, cutting very hard materials with tiny lightning bolts. How tiny? “The rapid-fire sparks vaporize teeny tiny bits of the metal being cut, on the order of 5 microns wide.” For reference: a micron is a millionth of a meter and 5 microns is smaller than a red blood cell. And just in case you thought this tech was only for oddly satisfying internet videos, EDM is used to create implantable medical devices and jet engine components.

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