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The Hard-Disk That Works Only Under Water

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ferrarif50
ferrarif50 Original post #1
Jun 1, 2006 at 10:46 AM
Imagine having computer memory so dense that a cubic centimeter contains 12.8 million gigabytes of information. Imagine an iPod playing music for 100 millennia without repeating a single song or a USB thumb-drive with room for 32.6 million full-length DVD movies. Now imagine if this could be achieved by combining a computing principle that was popular in the 1960s, a glass of water and wire three-billionths of a meter wide. Science fiction? Not exactly.

Read on at
*www.techslash.com/Techtrix/harddisk_under_water.php
ashfame
ashfame #2
Jun 1, 2006 at 5:48 PM
known this stuff already but hasn't posted on this forum.
keep up the good work.
none of the news should be missed by us!