These instruments could slice (section) pieces of biological materials as thin as 500 angstroms (angstroms = 10-10 meters). 1  1983 - Scanning laser confocal microscope is commercially available. 2  1982 - Scanning Probe Microscope is invented and works by measuring current. 3  1986 - Atomic Force Microscope is invented and measures force instead of 4  ... 198
Tala is Moana's grandmother and the mother of Motunui's village leader Tui. Like her granddaughter, she has a love for sea exploration, having come from an ancestry of South Pacific navigators. Unlike the other villagers, Tala has not forgotten her roots (or chose to ignore them, as in Tui's case).
The majority of the film's cast members are of Polynesian descent: Auli'i Cravalho (Moana) and Nicole Scherzinger (Sina, Moana's mother) were born in Hawaii and are of Native Hawaiian heritage; Dwayne Johnson , Oscar Kightley (Fisherman), and Troy Polamalu (Villager No. 1) are of Samoan heritage; and New Zealandâborn Rachel House (Tala, Moana's grandmother), Temuera Morrison (Tui, Moana's father), and Jemaine Clement (Tamatoa) are of MÄori heritage.