Stanford's Quantum Hologram Sets Storage Record 210
eldavojohn writes "It's often assumed that representing data reaches a limit when you get to the point that an atom represents one bit in some form or fashion. But Stanford University researchers have used a quantum hologram model to store the characters 'S' and 'U' by encoding the data at a rate of 35 bits per electron."
versus USB (Score:3, Funny)
And I thought my 8GB USB flash drive was high-density! (20mm x 54mm x 8mm)
STFU... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:versus USB (Score:5, Funny)
Wow, the only thing more dense is Stanford's quantum hologram. A close second, as usual, is the first post, followed by the secretary at work.
That's great! (Score:5, Funny)
And by letting S=0 and U=1 we can now represent a bit using 70 bits! Oh wai-
Dwell not (Score:5, Funny)
At least your device is also capable of holding the "B"
Re:Sub nano data recovery??? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sub nano data recovery??? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:STFU... (Score:5, Funny)
Sweet... now they're just a 'T' and 'F' away from writing something useful.
That's just cynical. Everyone knows that this is just a step towards the ultimate goal - an 16-atom-tall image of Princess Leia.
Re:Sub nano data recovery??? (Score:5, Funny)
But that could get expensive fast. How much does each atom cost?
Re:Neat (Score:5, Funny)
One thing most 'futurists' agree on is that the ultimate 'end game' of technology appears to be the conversion of all matter in the solar system into machine parts and computational elements. It's a logical end result of exponential growth. (and, actually, would be only the beginning : such a 'civilization' would eventually grow to convert the entire universe, but this would take much longer due to the snails pace of light)
What makes you think this hasn't already happened? Maybe we're part of a big computer thats trying to answer some kind of big question or something.
Actually, never mind. That seems infinitely improbable to me.
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Re:Neat (Score:3, Funny)
Probably, it explains why i am permanently aroused by every single thing around me, even that comma.
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How much data? (Score:3, Funny)
The article didn't go into any detail about this.
Anyone know how many libraries of congress this is?
Re:Wowie! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sub nano data recovery??? (Score:5, Funny)
They should do it with positrons.
Are you sure?
Re:That's great! (Score:3, Funny)
And by letting S=0 and U=1 we can now represent a bit using 70 bits! Oh wai-
You'll be hearing from Microsoft's patent lawyers.
Re:Sub nano data recovery??? (Score:2, Funny)
$.99 per atom.
Molecules are $9.99
ipod nano compatible.
Yeah but... (Score:3, Funny)
Read the fine print
"35 bits per electron.*"
1 kilobit=1000 bits
1 bit=1000 bquarks
Goddamn marketers! It's 1024!
Screw bytes per dollar (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Carbon-13 storage (Score:5, Funny)
Radioactive storage anyone?
Then all your pr0n collection would decay after some time. Not a viable solution.
Re:Neat (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sub nano data recovery??? (Score:2, Funny)
Willing to swap Melbourne weather for any weather from the USA or Siberia
I'll get the truck. *so* not used to 43c days.
Re:Screw bytes per dollar (Score:3, Funny)
6.02e23 ought to be enough for anybody.
Re:Neat (Score:1, Funny)
(I think therefore I am. Etc...)
Sorry to burst your bubble: that statement has a false premise, and a circular argument.
It's most likely that you don't exist.
Re:Sub nano data recovery??? (Score:2, Funny)
Similar to homeopathy, the RIAA's civil damages seem inversely proportional to the amount, so I'm not sure we can represent the cost of an atom.
Re:Neat (Score:5, Funny)
when I was 10-11 my dad caught me looking at porn on our C64. The next day my mom made him pack the computer up for several years until we got a new PC.
Let's hope God doesn't have a mom.
Re:Dwell not (Score:3, Funny)
I heard they were working on "C" and "K"...
Re:Neat (Score:2, Funny)
Bah! It's universes all the way up!
Re:Sub nano data recovery??? (Score:2, Funny)
He's positive
Re:STFU... (Score:3, Funny)
and then you can get your protons off.
Rumor I Heard (Score:2, Funny)