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Microwires Can Replace The DVD-ROM

Posted by timothy on from the not-your-kommandant's-wire-recorder dept.

neutron_p writes "A former Soviet Union military development finds its use in modern technology and still remains fascinating." The development comes in the form of a flexible microwire, 10 micrometers thick and 10cm long, with a metal body and a glass coating, which the linked article says "can store 10 Gigabytes of information. It is possible thanks to their magnetic properties. Anyway, it's not that easy. Researchers say that the greatest difficulty will be with the reading of information."

3 of 416 comments (clear)

  1. MOTHER RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Is the MPAA going to make us suck on their microwires from now on???

  2. Re:Why the fuck doesnt slashdot render in firefox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    wrong you shiteating homosexual faggoty cock-smoking teabagger. and learn you some posting abilities shitbird. the fix is in 1.1 and slashdot still sucks major ass for not fixing it regardless of whether or not it's a bug in firefox. now please fuck off and die.

  3. Re:Write Only Memory by northcat · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Parent is not informative. It's not an actually cold-war press release. It's just a sarcastic one by parent. And proof to my theory that slashdot mods are idiots. BTW, I consider parent to be troll.