Tetris played on microscopic level with lasers, thanks to Amsterdam’s rigorous curriculum (video)

Ostensibly speaking, it appears that university goers in the Netherlands have a bit too much time on their hands. You see, in between visits to coffee shops, students at VU University Amsterdam have developed a way to play Tetris with lasers, or in this case, a light-trapping device known as optical tweezers . With blocks constructed of microscopic glass spheres, university physicist Joost van Mameren explains, “The focus of this beam acts as an attraction point for small particles: they get sucked into the focus and cannot escape.” The end result is transformed into a rousing experience of the Soviet Union’s greatest creation ever, now played out on the microscopic level — be sure to check the action after the break.

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Tetris played on microscopic level with lasers, thanks to Amsterdam’s rigorous curriculum (video)