Spintronics
<div class="IPBDescription">...Not exactly news</div><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/09/020925063707.htm" target="_blank">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/...20925063707.htm</a>
Saw an article about it some time ago, and the subject came up when my project teammates started talking about stuff like storing files in RAM instead of on a HD. Basically, electrons can "spin up" or "spin down" as well as merely be present, so computers using that idea could store 3 times as much info on the same space, and since the electron spin is preserved indefinitely, be used for permanent and fast storage, while also consuming less power(??).
The article here also mentions using plastic electronics, which is interesting by itself.
Saw an article about it some time ago, and the subject came up when my project teammates started talking about stuff like storing files in RAM instead of on a HD. Basically, electrons can "spin up" or "spin down" as well as merely be present, so computers using that idea could store 3 times as much info on the same space, and since the electron spin is preserved indefinitely, be used for permanent and fast storage, while also consuming less power(??).
The article here also mentions using plastic electronics, which is interesting by itself.