It is commonplace to
find disks with
gigabyte capacity.
But now, two scientists, C R Stroud
and M W Noel,
working at Rochester
University,
have been able to
manipulate the
position of the
electron in an atom.
Theyplan to use it to
create an atomic memory with
letters written
directly on an atom
(Scientift Canterican, October 1995).
Even though the
actualisation of
an usable 'atomic
memory' seems a
rather remote
possibility, such an
atom-based data
storage facility
would have
revolutionary implications.
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