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The device is an iron nanoparticle, 1/50,000 the width of a human hair, enclosed in a hollow carbon nanotube. The iron can be shuttled back and forth within the tube as an effective way to store data.[ad#Adsense]

The team says it’s achievable to build storage devices capable of carrying a terabyte of information per square inch, making it more effective than current techniques. However, the data will also be almost incorruptible and should remain available for a billion years or more.

Current memory technologies are nowhere near as long lasting. Conventional flash memory usually fails after around three to five years.

As an example Alex Zettl, one of the team behind the invention, notes that the Doomsday Book written on vellum has so far lasted over 900 years, whereas the digital version of the book, encoded in 1986, failed in less than 20 years.

 Source: PC Authority

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The latest search engine

The latest craze in search engines is Wolfram|Alpha. It may not be all too useful now but there are a few amusing things you can ask it.

Try typing:

“What is your name?”

“Hello”

“Where are you?”

“How are you?”

“What is the meaning of life?”

“How old are you?”

“What is the time?”

“How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?”

“Can you speak [Insert Language here]?”

“Why did the chicken cross the road?”

“To be or not to be”

“Where have all the flowers gone?”

“How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?”

“88mph”

“Can you eat?”

“Are you self-aware?”

UPDATE:

New things you can type which Wolfram|Alpha will respond to:

“Are you stupid?”

“Why are you here?”

“Are you a robot?”

“Can you help me?”

“Who created you?”

“Can you swim?”

“To be or not to be”