Tiny Molecule Could Shrink Computers, Phones, iPods

Chemists at Glasgow University have engineered a tiny molecule which can store huge amounts of data in very small spaces, meaning the physical size of digital memory cards and hard drives could shrink dramatically in the next few years. Technews World reports.

The team of researchers from Scotland, Japan, Germany and Australia claim the new molecule - 10,000 times thinner than a human hair - could lead to "miniature" mobile phones, digital camera memory cards with the capacity to store hundreds of thousands of pictures, and could be built into "nano-scale" computers which could pack vast amounts of computing power into tiny hard drives.

emily | 3:28 PM | Technology |
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