Talk:Miniaturization

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Article creation

I created this and disputed it in one fell swoop.

Eight articles link to here. My thought is that the topic is worth expanding especially from a historic perspective. I just seeded the stub with items that need much research which i am willing to do as time allows. (BTW do we have a timeline template for technological development in general?)

I think the Race toward Tinyness theme is an interesting one and there is a lot of contextual framework in which to build. This article was spawned by the peer-review of the Sound localization article to which I added the Ormia_ochracea section - another perhaps worthy substub. Quinobi 19:31, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I'm glad you created it and the links are along lines of what I was expecting. I agree that this article probably deserves expansion, and some generalization as well. First it may be good to consider that miniaturization is not just a technological phenomenon. Artistic intrigue probably predated technological intrigue. It may also be of some value to discuss the benefits and motivation of miniaturization, namely transportation and energy efficiency. I believe the Japanese probably have a signficant contribution on the artistic side as well such as rice painting. I will think about this for awhile and assist if anything good comes of my thinking. ThreePD 01:06, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I just took out the military use thing that was pretty clearly something somebody just made up, I kind of want to remove the "Tininess race" part too- Take out the pointless part about an apocryphal story, and it's a single sentence with no citations. I've personally never heard of a tininess race between nations. Technology companies all obviously want to make stuff smaller, but that's independent of what nation they're in. If someone else comes along and agrees with me, and no one has given a good argument or citation to the contrary, just take it out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.248.181.74 (talk) 01:11, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

'The Tinyness Race'?

I tagged {{dubious}} on that section because the 'story' seems too ridiculously peculiar. It may be untrue, and is subject to removal if no source or reference is given to it in a short span of time. WinterSpw (talk) 03:41, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

At least in Germany there's a well known joke about it. I've taken the liberty to do a rough translation:

Using new technology, a German company managed to create a very thin wire. They come to the
conclusion that it's the thinnest wire ever made. Full with pride, the boss sends a sample of 
the wire to a competing company in Japan with a request for analysis.
A few weeks later they get a package from Japan. Inside is the same wire and a latter:
"Thanks for your package. Not knowing what to do with the wire you sent us, we 
took the liberty to drill an internal screw thread into it."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.130.113.59 (talk) 20:47, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That this joke exists means that perhaps it should be kept. But in this case it should be moved to another article, and probably reformatted. I agree that this joke should not be kept, at any rate, not on this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deathbagel (talk • contribs) 20:40, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Needs work, this is a mega-worthy topic

This topic is a really important one for technology in general, it deserves more attention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.226.247.249 (talk) 23:55, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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