Thursday, August 18, 2011

Scientists Develop Memory Hold Dozens Year



Superman fans certainly no stranger to the Fortress of Solitude , the secret headquarters filled with crystals of memory to store memories and knowledge of both the parents are superhuman.  Maybe soon the memory crystal is not only so purely fictional. Scientists from the University of Southampton, UK, are developing ways to store data in a crystal glass.

They do this by rearranging the atoms in a crystal glass, then turn it into a new type of computer memory. They claim this type of memory is more stable and durable than the currently available memory. Memory is currently only able to survive for several decades and vulnerable to damage in high temperature and humidity. While the memory of the crystal glass is said to last up to temperatures around 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit or 982 degrees Celsius, water resistant, and not broken until thousands of years. Scientists say the information in memory was crystal can be saved, deleted, and saved again by regulating molecular structure by using a laser. This process transforms light that penetrates the glass and creates a kind of vortex of polarized light is more or less similar to fiber optics. (Tempo)