FAFO Updates

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MUNICH (June 15th, 2025) - FAFO e.V. has announced today that it has successfully observed quantum tunneling effects between a tungsten probe (made with a pair of pliers) and a brass plate in a DIY scanning tunneling microscope that one of its members built a decade ago.

"Oh, we are tunneling!", exclaimed @rahix, lead Rust developer at FAFO, having never done this sort of work in his life before. "I think we can work with it", he claimed with full confidence.

Jun 15 at 12:00amWeb
Show threadFAFO Updates2d ago
In case you're wondering, here's how such a tungsten probe looks like after you repeatedly ram it into a sample as you're confidently figuring things out.
Show threadgábor ugray2d ago
@fafo should i understand any of this? 🤔
Show threadrahix1d ago
@twilliability @fafo I am not sure we understand it either :D
Show threadoften frowned upon2d ago

@fafo @rahix I love how I'm entirely unable to tell which percentage of this is science or shitpost.

But as a Rust developer who has claimed "I think we can work with it" with full confidence before, nice job!