Nanotube Lube Replenishment for Massive Drives 144
PetManimal writes "Techworld reports that Seagate has just patented something called 'Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording,' which features nanotechnology and could lead to a 1.46TB 2.5-in. drive. The article says 'Storing data properly in extremely small areas requires the magnetic material to be heated during the writing phase, but this causes the lubricant film deposited on top of the magnetized recording layer to evaporate. Seagate's patent resolves this problem by having a reservoir inside the disk casing that contains nanotube-based lubricant. Some of this is periodically pumped out as a vapor and deposited on the surface of the disk, replenishing the evaporated lubricant.'"
good idea! (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, I could use some of this this! Oh wait...it says disk...
Lube......replenishment you say? (Score:5, Funny)
For.... massive drives?
Some headlines just write themselves. And don't mod me down, you were thinking about how cool it would be to have a peripheral that would do that - this is slashdot, don't lie!
KY (Score:3, Funny)
Re:good idea! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:good idea! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Precisely timed warranties (Score:3, Funny)
These things would come with probably extremely toxic non-refillable containers that are guaranteed to be emptied out at the most inopportune moment.
You're not thinking like a businessman. The drives will be cheap - cheaper than the competition, anyways. Enough to make it look like a good deal, anyways. It's the semimonthly proprietary branded cartridges of drive oil that will cost a small fortune...
Vaporware? (Score:4, Funny)
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So who is hotter? Ali or Ali's Sister?
Yuck.... (Score:3, Funny)
1.46 TB? Check
Lube Replenishment ? Check
Ok, confession time. Who's already masturbating to this article?
When you have a HAMR ... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Lube......replenishment you say? (Score:3, Funny)
Tech guy: "Your hard drive is out of oil"
Customer: "what the f*&k? Pull the other one.."
Tech guy:"Yeah, I'm gonna have to take it into the shop and give it an oil change, you know, new nano-tubes... "
Customer "Get the flock outa here and dont come back.... oil... nano.. WTF.."
Re:Yuck.... (Score:3, Funny)
Modern "Hard Disks"; (Score:2, Funny)
Then, you "get lubricated".
Re:Lube......replenishment you say? (Score:3, Funny)
/Note to russ1337: Always upsell the customer.
Re:KY (Score:5, Funny)
Use of your favorite lube does not necessarily imply that you got laid.