“A Boy and His Atom” is a 2012 stop-motion animated short film released on YouTube by IBM Research. The movie tells the story of a boy and a wayward atom who meet and become friends. It depicts a boy playing with an atom that takes various forms.

And these sphere shaped beads that you see are indeed atoms! How cool is that?

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