Archive for 'Technology'
Thumbnail-Sized Chip Holds Equivalent of 20 HD DVDs
Posted on08. Dec, 2009 by kanna.
Engineers at North Carolina State University have created a computer chip that holds one terabyte — or 1,000 gigabytes — of data and is no larger than a fingernail. For perspective, that means you could store 20 high-definition DVDs or 250 million pages of text on this tiny chip. According to Computer World, this modern [...]
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Mac 101: Building a bootable diagnostic and repair flash drive
Posted on07. Dec, 2009 by karthik.
You cannot install Snow Leopard on an 8 GB flash drive. I was incorrect in writing that an install of Essential System Software would take 3.81 GB. As a few of our commenters pointed out, and as is the case, in testing I erroneously tried to install Snow Leopard on a flash drive that already [...]
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“Steel Velcro” Super-Strong Fastener Holds 35-Ton Loads
Posted on07. Dec, 2009 by kanna.
Velcro is one of those inventions that most of us take for granted. Although it’s useful and really quite interesting when you understand how it works, it’s probably not the most exciting thing you’ll contemplate today. A team of German engineers has made huge strides in making Velcro (or at least something resembling Velcro) more [...]
