Storing Data In Cow Guts?

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @07:46AM from the don't-we-all-do-this-sometimes dept.

supersandra writes "News.com reports that companies are exploring how to use molten silicon, designer molecules, and even protein globules from cows as data storage media. The media made by Nanochip using molten silicon, called ovonic media, is similar to CDs or DVDs but can store much more data because the tools for reading and writing data could potentially be 25x smaller. Nanochip demonstrated a 1-inch square chip of material that could contain a terabit of data. ZettaCore has created a complex molecule that can retain or release up to eight electrons, exhibiting a voltage level that can be read as data, and thus each molecule can represent 4 bits of data. Another company, NanoMagnetics, uses a magnetic core surrounded by animal protein, and can also achieve a terabit of data per square inch."

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Re:Cow Protein Storage? by freeze128 · 2004-07-21 08:18 · Score: 0, Offtopic

But will it sneeze if exposed to bright light?
Highest ratio ever by Atario · 2004-07-21 08:29 · Score: 0, Offtopic

...of joke posts to non-joke posts, for a non-"It's funny. Laugh." item, that is.

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Re:Cow Protein Storage? by micromoog · 2004-07-21 09:26 · Score: 0, Offtopic

This really happens to people?
Re:I already store my personal data in cow hide by jafomatic · 2004-07-21 09:32 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Isn't it the most personal of all data? Your own DNA?

Still pretty nasty, and "udderly" offtopic! :)

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Re:Cow Protein Storage? by Dyolf+Knip · 2004-07-21 09:48 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Supposedly it causes the blood vessels in your eyes to contract which somehow makes you sneeze.
/shrug

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