Yeah this is a motion graphics piece, not an actual ant farm in a scanner.

>[I'm not quite sure what's going on. Where are all the microchips from? The scanny bit (the strip presumably covered in CCD) of a scanner points away from the internals. Doesn't it? Also why all the panning about? And where are they meant to get food from. In conclusion this looks like it's actually probably CG or something. It's good CG, but why not call it CG?](http://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/cv9vm/guy_puts_an_ant_colony_in_his_scanner_scans_a/c0vjaqc)

That was the most impressive five year time lapse I have ever seen. 

&gt;[I'm not quite sure what's going on. Where are all the microchips from? The scanny bit (the strip presumably covered in CCD) of a scanner points away from the internals. Doesn't it? Also why all the panning about? And where are they meant to get food from. In conclusion this looks like it's actually probably CG or something. It's good CG, but why not call it CG?](http://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/cv9vm/guy_puts_an_ant_colony_in_his_scanner_scans_a/c0vjaqc)

Insane time-lapse of a guy's ant farm . . . IN HIS SCANNER.