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Physicists in Netherlands and Japan are the first to flip the value of a magnetic memory bit by firing a very short pulse of circularly-polarized laser light at it. Unlike other magneto-optic data storage systems, no external magnetic field was required to flip the bit, which meant that its value could be changed about 50 thousand times faster than the fastest conventional memory. The result could lead to the development of low-cost and ultrafast all-optical magnetic hard disk drives picked by ogri2003 1 year ago tags laser magnetic hard drive hard drive drives |
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In computer circles a well known statement when it comes to hard drives is that it’s not a matter of “if” a hard drive dies but “when”. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Seagate has sold more hard drives than anyone else, and that number has now topped 1 billion. It has taken them 29 years to do it, and it represents 70 million terabytes of storage. More numbers in the article. picked by pocksucket 4 months ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
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50 years ago, the standard hard drive was the width of two refrigerators and stored the equivalent of one MP3 song. Today, we have 15,000 times the capacity of the original. Who knows what the future hard drive holds... picked by ybne1else 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
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Not a mail in rebate. List price $149, now $99. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A court in N'Djamena, Chad, has sentenced six aid workers from the Zoe's Ark organisation to eight years of hard labour in relation to the kidnapping one hundred and three children and attempting to take them out of the country (mostly into Europe) picked by pocksucket 8 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Scientists in the US have created a breakthrough substance that can change in seconds when exposed to liquid, shifting from hard plastic to soft and back again. The material, inspired by the skin of sea cucumbers, has astounding "mechanical morphing characteristics." picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago 4 comments edit related share science |
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UCLA scientists are now reporting a promising new approach to designing super-hard materials, which are very difficult to scratch or crack. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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Hint: It weighed over a ton. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago 10 comments edit related share technology |
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ZOMG!! 1 comments edit related share plime.comA new Die Hard!! Coming to THEATERS!!! And it doesn't look like it sucks!!! picked by moNet 1 year ago |
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There is a growing body of evidence that suggests the Earth's magnetic field is about to disappear (at least for a while). As the magnetic poles shift position, it will have a significant effect on our terrestrial weather as well as all the gadgets we've launched into Earth orbit. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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Future generations could be travelling across the universe faster than the speed of light, without breaking any astronomical road rules, by manipulating extra dimensions of space and time, according to two US physicists. picked by AutumnLotus 3 weeks ago 10 comments edit related share science |
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The official title is "Live Free or Die Hard" and it opens July 4, 2007. 7 comments edit related share plime.comThe good: Looks like it'll have lotsa action! (car smashing into helicopter in mid-air?! Nice!) The bad: It's got that kid from the PC vs. Mac commercials in it. picked by Wingnut 2 years ago |
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Die Hard 4: DodgeBall picked by mrnelson 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Dad buys a Mike's hard lemonade for 7-year-old son. picked by arsphidius 4 months ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
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SANTA Claus has been forced to carry out his Christmas duties cowering under a hard hat after youths in a Scottish town pelted him with festive mince pies. picked by teaya21 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share weird |
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Two teams have independently succeeded in placing a cloud of chilled rubidium atoms within an optical cavity, which traps light between two opposed mirrors. The combination could one day form a quantum memory element. picked by drnothing 10 months ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
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The clever boffins have finally managed to break the speed of light. A light pulse was so fast that it "exited a specially-prepared chamber before it even finished entering it." picked by TheStep 1 year ago 15 comments edit related share science |
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If compasses were around a million years ago, they would not have pointed toward North. That's because the Earth's magnetic field likely underwent a reversal 800,000 years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share science |
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Defrag your hard drive the right way; remove big, useless files; find duplicates. picked by whi73rav3n 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share technology |