Ballpoint Pen Turns To Smallest Vacuum Cleaner: Indian Student Reclaims Guinness World Record

New Delhi: He had created the world’s smallest vacuum cleaner in 2020.

Having lost the record two years later, he was determined to reclaim it.

And he has.

Meet Tapala Nadamuni, a 23-year-old Indian student who has recently got back the Guinness World Records (GWR) by creating a tiny vacuum cleaner from a ballpoint pen.

To make it work, the vacuum has to be connected to a power source. It makes a whirring sound and picks up dust particles. The dirt can be emptied afterwards.

A vacuum cleaner, as defined by GWR for the purpose of the record, is an “electrically powered device which picks up debris with suction resulting from a negative internal pressure.”

Nadamuni’s device measures just 0.65 cm or 0.25 inch, which is smaller than the width of an average fingernail. Significantly, Nadamuni’s latest creation is 0.2 cm smaller than the previous record.

“The vacuum is measured by the shortest axis of its body, meaning the handle and power cord dimensions are excluded from the final measurement,” GWR stated about the record.

The small vacuum cleaner Nadamuni created in 2020 was 1.76 cm. Ever since his record was broken, he has been trying to win it back. Two rejected attempts failed to deter him.

Third time turned out to be lucky as he came up with “a completely new design”.

He made over 50 schematic diagrams to ensure his creation met the required standards.

He created the vacuum cleaner using a refillable ballpoint pen, metal, and some small bits of plastic. The inside of the vacuum has a tiny rotating fan powered by a four-volt vibration motor, which helps create suction.