By Eddie Wrenn

PUBLISHED: 12:44 EST, 13 March 2012 | UPDATED: 08:53 EST, 14 March 2012

The attention to detail is exquisite - and the craftsmanship is even more impressive when you appreciate the scale of the endeavour.

This little Formula 1 car is just 0.028cm across - or to put it another way, less than a third of a millimetre.

So this tiny little motor could fit into the space of the full-stop at the end of the sentence.

If that isn't impressive enough, the Vienna Institute of Technology created the 100-layer nano-structure in just four minutes - a huge increase on previous technology.

Tiny detail: The F1 nano-car was created by the Vienna Institute of Technology in a record-breaking four minutes

The precision model uses a technique called two-photon lithography, which uses highly-focused light beams to manipulate then harden the resin molecules in exactly the right position.

The technology is still new, and is generally limited right now to solid plastic shapes - but the field is moving forwards

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