John Jason B. Santillan
2013-03535
ABSTRACT
In a world of
constant innovation and technological advancement, data processing becomes way
faster and data accessing becomes more and more crucial to our daily lives.
However, our current systems, e.g. flash drives, memory cards and DVDs, bring a
lot of inconvenience. Therefore, it’s high time for us to develop the more
competent data transfer model. A new memory device that resembles sticky notes
called DataStickies have been designed
and conceptualized by Aditi Singh and
Parag Anand.
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| Anand & Singh. 2013. Ease. [Image]. Retrieved from http://datastickies.com/ |
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| Anand & Singh. 2013. Design Concept. [Image]. Retrieved from http://datastickies.com/ |
PROBLEM
Our
current memory devices have four main problems: (i) size – external hard drives
are bulky and difficult to carry around; (ii) usability – flash drives can be
difficult to insert into devices due to positioning and/or location of port; and
(iii) expandability – a flash drive’s memory capacity is limited to the
capacity that it had when manufactured and can’t be increased.
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| Anand & Singh. 2013. Redefine. [Image]. Retrieved from http://datastickies.com/ |
DATASTICKIES’
TECHNOLOGY
I.
HOW IT WORKS
DataStickies are
made up of graphene, a ground-breaking new material which is a flat mono-layer
of carbon atoms tightly packed into a two dimensional honeycomb lattice with a
minimum thickness of one atom. At the tip, you can find the conductive layer
and low tack conductive adhesive. The graphene layer containing the data is
sandwiched by an upper and lower protective layer. Graphene is not only the
thinnest material, but also the strongest known to exist. According to Lucas
Mearian of Computerworld©:
Researchers at Rice University several years ago demonstrated
Graphene Memory made from a layer of graphite only 10 atoms thick. The
technology could potentially provide many times the capacity of current flash
memory while withstanding temperatures of 200 degrees Celsius and radiation
that would make NAND flash solid-state disk memory disintegrate. Graphene
memory not only has the potential to offer higher capacity in smaller form
factors, but greater performance than today's industry standard floating-gate
flash memory, or even charge-trap flash memory.
Instead of
plugging into a port, DataStickies
are designed to be stuck on the proposed Optical Data Transfer Surface (ODTS). As data is being
read from the DataStickies, the
colored, translucent edges light up.
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| Anand & Singh. 2013. How. [Image]. Retrieved from http://datastickies.com/ |
II.
FEATURES
i.
Expandability – the low tack multiuse
conductive adhesive allows stacking together for enhance memory capacity i.e.
two 8GB DataStickies will turn into
one 16 GB unit.
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| Anand & Singh. 2013. Experience. [Image]. Retrieved from http://datastickies.com/ |
ii.
Convenience – DataStickies can be stuck
into physical objects that are coherent to the memory device’s content e.g. DataStickies containing Excel files can
be stuck on your wallet, DataStickies
containing PowerPoint presentations can be stuck on topic’s book page, DataStickies containing holiday pictures
can be attached on one’s diary, and DataStickies
containing songs and tracks can be placed on DVD covers.
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| Anand & Singh. 2013. Bridge. [Image]. Retrieved from http://datastickies.com/ |
iii.
Coherence – DataStickies can be easily modified into your desired color or
design and are easily accessible because of its extremely thin body. DataStickies would come in a pad
like a sticky note, but store many gigabytes of data.
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| Anand & Singh. 2013. Coherence. [Image]. Retrieved from http://datastickies.com/ |
CONCLUSION
In the course of human evolution, our needs
and demands have always changed. As a result, technology has to evolve in order
to adjust. At present, efficient memory storage and transfer has become vital
to our computer-facilitated lifestyles. With the introduction of DataStickies, we can better function in
our daily activities because of its features that target multiple aspects of
data usage.
SOURCES
- http://datastickies.com/. March 2, 2014.
- http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9244880/Graphene_sticky_notes_may_offer_32GB_capacity_you_can_write_on. March 2, 2014.
- http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/sticky-flash-drives-work-like-post-it-notes-140109.htm. March 2, 2014.
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