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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. Techworld v. Slashdot by MacEnvy · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I wrote a this piece on Techworld about it.
    Well I hope the article is better edited than your post!
    That said, this sounds like an interesting idea if we stick with magneto-optical media, but I'd rather see viable holographic media take shape making the point moot.

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  2. Meh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You know, it would be much nicer of you if you used non-stale invite links in these stupid posts of yours.

  3. 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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  4. Re:Piezoelectric by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Mods on crack again ...

    Thou this is indeed interesting, it's totaly offtopic to the article we're discussing here.

    But, none (mods included) RTFA anyways, so there you go ...

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

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

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