Tiny dice

World's smallest dice?

God does not play dice with the universe. Or maybe he does. Maybe he uses really small dice that we have difficulty noticing. If so, they might look something like these tiny dice manufactured by Iriso Seimetsu Co., Ltd.

Billed as the smallest dice in the world, each one measures 0.3 x 0.3 x 0.3 mm (for perspective, see the photo above showing one of the die next to a 0.5-mm diameter mechanical pencil lead). The tiny dice are painstakingly crafted one by one from BsBm (brass) in a 9 hour long fabrication process that relies on the latest in micromachining technology. Each one weighs 0.00016 grams and the pips measure 0.05 mm in diameter.

While the 100,275 yen (US$870) price tag includes a special case and the cost of shipping, it does not include the price of the microscope you will need to make sure nobody cheats at the craps table in your flea circus casino.

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15 Responses to “Tiny dice”

  1. And suddenly a slight breeze blows away your $870,- !

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  2. Marc

    Nice, but difficult to find after you throw it

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  3. kamikaze.cockroach

    Finding it on a flat surface is one thing but the craps table felt would be like a jungle for these dice.

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  4. Kigore Trout

    More stupid objects. How about something practical?

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