IBM's nanotech 'punch card' data storage - South China Morning Post 06-11-2002. IBM back to the future with nanotech 'punch card'  - The Namibian
IBM's 'millipede' could be breakthrough in data-storage technology  - Nando Times
IBM 'punch cards' make data storage breakthrough  - Boston Globe
IBM labs unveil super-dense storage  - Yahoo! Headlines [Google Technology News]

Remember punchcards? Well, IBM has managed to make punchcards that are about the size of a postage stamp, with holes that are 10 nanometers across. Said cards can hold about a terabit of data. They should be available by 2005 with a size of roughly 5-10 gigs. Portable storage in a very small size.

Thought: Plug and Play OS that is near impossible to pirate, since it's set to read only. Updates live on your hard drive. I wonder if instead of reading this off a set of physical needles, if this could be set up to read off a laser. Given that dust would be a serious issue wiht this type of media, it would have to be housed in something that kept it clean during transport, as well as keeping the read area clear from any debris/dust that might build up.

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