• Welcome to League Of Reason Forums! Please read the rules before posting.
    If you are willing and able please consider making a donation to help with site overheads.
    Donations can be made via here

Nanotechnology wins again!

B

Blog of Reason

New Member
arg-fallbackName="Blog of Reason"/>
Discussion thread for the blog entry "Nanotechnology wins again!" by AndromedasWake.

Permalink: http://blog.leagueofreason.org.uk/science/nanotechnology-wins-again/
 
arg-fallbackName="Th1sWasATriumph"/>
This article was the next one up from the one I wrote about from physorg :D

See, I'm taking your advice - but MY one was reported in the Metro, which obviously makes it better.
 
arg-fallbackName="Neffi"/>
Interesting that they did it but I'm skeptical that it's useful. Discs are already rapidly approaching 'obsolete'. They're clumsy and easily damaged and downloads and thumb drives are just more convenient. I'm sure it'll lead to other interesting breakthroughs that'll help tons, but I can't see much use of the disc itself; we'll probably be well off laser discs before it's ready to come out of the lab.
 
arg-fallbackName="Pulsar"/>
Storage in the Fifth Dimension... this must be the Age of Aquarius



I'll get my coat.
 
arg-fallbackName="Möbiµs"/>
Neffi said:
Interesting that they did it but I'm skeptical that it's useful. Discs are already rapidly approaching 'obsolete'. They're clumsy and easily damaged and downloads and thumb drives are just more convenient. I'm sure it'll lead to other interesting breakthroughs that'll help tons, but I can't see much use of the disc itself; we'll probably be well off laser discs before it's ready to come out of the lab.
Click to expand...

Who cares if it's useful or not? I personally find the science behind it satisfactory enough.

To be frank, I'm getting really annoyed by all the applications and ramifications that a new discovery has to entail for it to have any value. It seems like in every science article, the last column has to be ended with "this could lead to new ways for blablabla."

P.S. It's not personal Neffi.
 
arg-fallbackName="CosmicSpork"/>
Useful?

One word... Backups....

For instance, some of the projects we do at work accumulate terrabytes of data in 6 months... backing up that data can be a pain, and tape drives are naff, solid state memory hasn't yet reached a level that it can be used for that kind of data storage, until it does this kind of thing will be handy, as it'll take up very little physical storage space as we could store a years worth of data on a single disc.
 
arg-fallbackName="Th1sWasATriumph"/>
I believe the working principle is something like this:

Quadrified argon molecules are treated to a sustained burst of ultranian gamma. This reverses the polarity of every third atom and makes the other two slightly heavier. Then, SCIENCE is sprayed evenly to create a smooth, glossy finish.
 
arg-fallbackName="jrparri"/>
This is a nice step forward, at least they have a method to apply more than 2 possibilities to a medium (with probably the firmware translating it back to binary for processing). Maybe we can finally kill magnetic tape backup? Nahh.. that crap will never die. :roll:


What I hope to see in my lifetime is a computer that can actually process more than two kinds of information. Even a home system that moves beyond binary would make IBM's Roadrunner look like a f***ing Etch-a-Sketch. :lol:
 
arg-fallbackName="Fr0zenLegend"/>
I guess the question is, is the reading and writing speed fast? it might take a week to put a movie on this "disk"
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top