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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. Bond Drive... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cue jokes about "shaken, not stirred..."

  2. 20" by 3770 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Man, a 20" hard drive.

    That's not progress.

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  3. Size of an LCD? by NemosomeN · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which one? The one on my watch, the one on my cell phone, the one on my calculator, or the one on my laptop?

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  4. Grammar by meabolex · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wrote a this piece on Techworld about it.

    That really makes me want to go read the article.

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    1. Re:Grammar by base_chakra · · Score: 5, Funny

      "I wrote a this piece on Techworld about it."

      That really makes me want to go read the article.

      Yes, I found that introduction to be highly offensive to English-speaking Italians.

  5. I'm shaking mine right now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It seems to be wor

  6. Dilbert Voice Recognition panel... by Glove+d'OJ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Am I the only one who thought of the Dilbert where he (Dilbert) was running Voice Recognition software and Wally was saying how it would be a shame if the software decided to "CLOSE ALL WINDOWS" and "REBOOT," or something of the like.

    Now, Dilbert might not even have to be running Voice Recognition software for Wally to perform...

  7. There goes Energy Star by gearmonger · · Score: 3, Funny
    Rotating something a fixed speed is pretty efficient. Shaking something, where you're constantly changing its velocity, isn't so much. What'll this do to power consumption?

    Can't we just get someone to finish dev on those little plastic cards they used on Star Trek? Those things held shitobits of data...holograms too!