Store Private Data in Your Nails?

Filed in: Technology — July 18th, 2005

 

fingernailJapanese researcher developed a technology to store digital data in nails.

The technology use laser light to shoot fingernails repeatly, the protein in the nail will form small fluorescence spots. They burn at 0.04 to 0.08 millimeter deep in the nail, the gap between spots is 0.003 millimeter, and successfully read the data using microscope. The researcher estimated that it could store 5 trillion data in area of 5 millimeter square.

[ Source: xinhuanet ]

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  • ahkiong
    Wooo....this is pretty atrracting. I thought LiewCF was putting up a false statement lol. It's a FINGERNAIL....i never tought it can be store data in it.
  • apcc
    so... you cannot cut ur fingernails?
  • Very Interesting, especially the datas it can store but then again as Wingz said when the nails grow, the data would be lost. Besides the technology would be preety expensive. Proteins dont come cheap and why nails ? Why not skin?
  • eh before the nail grows and stretch the nail and rendered the infos useless again ar ? ..... haha this tech knot pakai ler but interesting fact to know tho lol whats next ? maybe they should try teeth ... they last longer and they doont grow as much LOL!
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