When I saw this particular article on Yahoo! I immediately thought, "casettes arent obsolete??" I cant even remember the last time I saw one, and I remember using them less and less in the late 90s before moving on to cds.
I liked this article, because in the back of my mind I am always wondering if my computer or whatever electronic device I have on hand is going to crap out on me at any given moment. What I thought was very interesting was that these researchers have created a tape that is 10centimeters by 10centimeters by 2centimeters and can contain 35 TERABYTES. That is damn impressive. I wish the article provided a photo. Anyways, this takes up physical room whereas digital is all, well, digital, but sometimes that can fail and sometimes Im not sure how reliable backups can be. I thought this article was def worth the read and very interesting.
The article can be found here:
http://news.yahoo.com/death-cassette-tape-much-exaggerated-122657792--finance.html
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