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Shaking Hard Drives Instead of Spinning?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-don't-think-about-that-every-day dept.

Twyko64 writes "A UK startup called Dataslide aims to develop 'hard drives' made of oscillating sheets of LCD-screen-like material with piezo-electronic actuators and many, many read:write heads. A 'hard drive' could be the same size and shape as an LCD screen. I wrote a this piece on Techworld about it."

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  1. SNL Systems by SunPin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Here's a new product... Drive of Broken Glass (TM).

    Your kids will love it.

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  2. Re:Grammar by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hey-a relax-a, let us have a some spaghetti, no?

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