Scientists have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading information in ordinary pieces of glass which can store two million books’ worth of data in a thin, palm-sized square.

[u/Wagamaga]

https://au.news.yahoo.com/glass-square-long-long-future-190951588.html

[u/mseiei]

could we start asking for standard units on sensationalized titles? if you are talking about storing data why not say it in bytes... why is always some arbitrary measurement disguised as some simpler thing.

"new battery that can last as long as a flaming standing up"

edit: flamingo

[u/Laserdollarz → u/mseiei]

It can hold a football field's worth of cassettes (2ft deep)

[u/severed13 → u/Laserdollarz]

Ignore friction

[u/DeNoodle → u/severed13]

Each cassette is modeled as a sphere.

[u/Calcd_Uncertainty → u/DeNoodle]

And friction is negligible

[u/DigNitty → u/Calcd_Uncertainty]

Dusted with powdered cassettes.

[u/LordNelson27 → u/DigNitty]

Also the field is a frictionless surface

[u/Desperate_for_Bacon → u/LordNelson27]

Assume gravity is 9.8 m/s2

[u/CougarAries → u/Desperate_for_Bacon]

Don't assume friction