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Individual Atom Memory Created

Posted by chrisd on from the we're-all-individuals dept.

azav writes "University of Wisconsin-Madison Scientists have created "atomic scale" memory using individual atoms of Silicon." A cool photo can be found on the site as well.

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  1. SUCK MY DICK AND FUCKING LIKE IT !! -- GuK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  3. Decoding the memory shown in the picture... by Sideways2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gives an image of Twanee Stone!

  4. What the hell did they write to the dots? by DarkHelmet · · Score: 0, Troll
    http://www.news.wisc.edu/newsphotos/images/Atomic_ memory_chip02.jpg

    What the hell did they write to it? I think I can see a naked lady in there...

    Oh, nevermind, my browser window is translucent, and the pr0n site from one of my other window was coming through..

    ...Closing Atomic Memory window... Moving on to images that are easier to "read."

    --
    /^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
  5. FLAMEBAIT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    flamebait

  6. It a hoax... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If the yellow dot are atom, what are
    the lines between them? smaller atom maby?
    this picture is fake!

  7. Okay let me be the first... by Rendwich · · Score: -1, Troll

    .. to state the obvious. This is about as revolutionary as using an egg carton for data storage. You move the eggs around to different places to indicate the data value. If you have a dozen egg cartons, you have 144 bits.

    Whoopee! The only difference is the scale. I guess the scientist were surprised to find that the atoms stayed where they were left? I imagine that if I licked my finger and rubbed it over their "egg carton", that would be the end of their data.

    So someone found a way to spend a lot of time using the electron microscope. I remember when some IBM staffers wrote "IBM" with single atoms. Maybe 5 years ago. Hopefully they patented the "technology".

    The relentless slagging this "news" has received so far is heartily deserved.

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  10. so now we can... by mijok · · Score: 0, Troll

    ..solve chess! :)

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  11. Hello by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Here is another cool photo!

    :)

  12. Master P by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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