Feel like a little user interface inspiration on a Friday? Take a look at this representation of relative sizes of a coffee bean down to a carbon atom, controlled by the user with a slider. Talk about form and function working together. I’m sure you can find more elegant Flash presentations that are this educational at other locations all over the Web, but as far as I’m concerned it’s been a long time since I’ve seen one that is this informative and easy to understand. I can imagine a young kid playing with this for an hour and really getting a sense of just how small some of the objects about which we actually have quite a bit of knowledge are.
Simplicity In Interface Design
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How on earth did you find this?
VERY cool!
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