Experiment points to new spin on storage
In an experiment that could bring the computing world closer to an advanced method of data storage, a team of scientists successfully reproduced an image that was digitally encoded and momentarily stored within a liquid crystal molecule.
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Edited on Dec 3rd 2002, 00:15 by Hooloovoo
Cooooooooooool!
I thought so too – its still an experimental technoly. We pobably wont see any products using this type of thing for 10-20 years… if ever.
“Momentarily” is the key word here. Finding a way to “freeze” the nuclear spin of an atom is not a simple proposition.
No, indeed it is not.