Atomic Scale Memory

maddugan writes "Technology Research News is reporting that researchers from the University of Wisconsin at Madison have put the theoretical to the test by using single silicon atoms to represent the 1s and 0s of computing. This is equivalent to storing the contents of 7,800 DVDs in one square inch of material."

Comments

Cool!

[FyRE666]

I'll only need 5 drawers for my Pr0n collection now!

New possible high-capacity storage format, huh?

[Erpo]

I wonder how long it'll be before the *AA asks for a tax on atoms "to offset the costs of piracy".

MPAA/RIAA

[sdo1]

Oh man are those guys gonna be pissed.

-S

cant resist

[loconet]

"7,800 DVDs ought to be enough for anybody" - loconet 2002

I'm going to..

[Frank of Earth]

.. mirror Kaaza just in case it goes offline.

We lost the file server

[SQL Error]

Techie: Um, we've lost the corporate file server.
Boss: You mean it crashed?
Techie: No, it's working fine. We just can't find it.

Quarks?

[Guppy06]

"from the quarks-coming-next dept."

Dude, quarks have a hard enough time remembering where they are themselves! Why would you expect them to remember stuff for us as well?

Re:useful units

[Scaba]

I dunno. I measure everything in football fields.

Am I the only one who understands the implications

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

this has for porn collecting?!?! It may soon become possible for the individual to afford enough storage, to have every single piece of pornography ever created by human beings since the beginning of time.

I have no words.