The Bible on the "Head of a Pin"

It is amazing how many languages the Bible has been translated into (and thanks to Wycliffe Bible Translaters, there will be many more, soon), but have you every wondered how many different kinds of things the Bible has been transcribed onto? Well, now scientists have managed to write the entire Old Testament onto something smaller than a grain of rice!

The nanotechnology experts at the Technion institute in Haifa say the text measures less than 0.5 square millimeter (0.01 square inch) surface. They chose the Jewish Bible to highlight how vast quantities of information can be stored in minimum amounts of space.

"It took us about an hour to etch the 300,000 words of the Bible onto a tiny silicon surface," Ohad Zohar, the university's scientific adviser for educational programs, told the Associated Press.

The work was done as a proof of concept for how much information can now be captured in small spaces. So don't expect next year's scripture portion to be that small.