Researchers Create Cheap, Flexible, Plastic Flash Memory

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."

Re:Some clarification needed from TFA

[wastedlife]

I think they refer to organic as in compounds containing carbon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_compound [wikipedia.org]

Re:Some clarification needed from TFA

[Ephemeriis]

I might be missing something; which part of the process is done with organic materials. I see that it's not silicon based, but perhaps I am misunderstanding their usage of organic. Regardless to that fact, though, it's still pretty interesting stuff.

In terms of chemistry, organic refers to stuff made from carbon.

Plastic is made from carbon.