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Researchers Create Cheap, Flexible, Plastic Flash Memory

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the cheap-plastic-now-cutting-edge dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at the University of Tokyo, led by electrical engineering professor Takao Someya, have created a new kind of low-cost, plastic, flash memory storage device. Although not as dense or stable as its silicon cousin, the plastic flash memory is useful because of its low cost, simple manufacturing process, and potential use in e-paper or other flexible devices. To demonstrate the memory, Someya's group integrated a 676-memory-cell device with a rubber pressure sensor. The flexible sensor-memory device, which is less than 700 micrometers thick, can record pressure patterns and retain them for up to a day."

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  1. Secure content transfer by ksd1337 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This sounds like a good idea for transferring content securely. The contents of the memory will degrade in a short time, making it ideal for carrying sensitive data.

  2. The flexible fad...repeats itself... by MindPrison · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Tell me that you haven't heard this before?

    - Flexible displays
    - Flexible PCB's
    - Flexible Chips

    Yes, they've been around since the 80's. But have they ever been used? No!

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    What this world is coming to - is for you and me to decide.
  3. Flexible polymer data storage != A new concept. by Skratchez · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sounds like it has a ways to go before it catches up with Silly Putty. It's been encoding newsprint for decades, and I believe it would definitely hold the content for more than a day. I hope Rupert Murdoch doesn't get wise to this "technology".