Interesting article on BBC about how Hitachi is planning to increase the capacity of hard drives in the future.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4411649.stm

Flash animation explaining how it all works (worth watching 8)
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/research/recording_head/pr/PerpendicularAnimation.html

That’s the Dell DJ in the cartoon.

Erik

[quote author=“Mighty Matt”]Flash animation explaining how it all works (worth watching 8)
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/research/recording_head/pr/PerpendicularAnimation.html

That was one of the most awfully absurd things I’ve ever seen on a corporate website. What was the meeting like that produced that? “We need to make the bits seem more edgy and proactive.” Who the hell approved it? How much acid was consumed during the production of that ad?

On the other hand, the technology sounds pretty damn cool.

[quote author=“Drachen”]How much acid was consumed during the production of that ad?

Was Jobs invited?

Erik

[quote author=“Mighty Matt”]Flash animation explaining how it all works (worth watching 8)
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/research/recording_head/pr/PerpendicularAnimation.html

So it works by making the bits dance to disco music?  Interesting…

I’m going to have to find the micro disco ball inside those hard drives now