<article>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#article09_12_11_176231</id>
	<title>Researchers Create Cheap, Flexible, Plastic Flash Memory</title>
	<author>ScuttleMonkey</author>
	<datestamp>1260559980000</datestamp>
	<htmltext>An anonymous reader writes <i>"Researchers at the University of Tokyo, led by electrical engineering professor Takao Someya, have created a new kind of <a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/24148/?a=f">low-cost, plastic, flash memory storage device</a>. Although not as dense or stable as its silicon cousin, the plastic flash memory is useful because of its low cost, simple manufacturing process, and potential use in e-paper or other flexible devices. To demonstrate the memory, Someya's group integrated a 676-memory-cell device with a rubber pressure sensor. The flexible sensor-memory device, which is less than 700 micrometers thick, can record pressure patterns and retain them for up to a day."</i></htmltext>
<tokenext>An anonymous reader writes " Researchers at the University of Tokyo , led by electrical engineering professor Takao Someya , have created a new kind of low-cost , plastic , flash memory storage device .
Although not as dense or stable as its silicon cousin , the plastic flash memory is useful because of its low cost , simple manufacturing process , and potential use in e-paper or other flexible devices .
To demonstrate the memory , Someya 's group integrated a 676-memory-cell device with a rubber pressure sensor .
The flexible sensor-memory device , which is less than 700 micrometers thick , can record pressure patterns and retain them for up to a day .
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<sentencetext>An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at the University of Tokyo, led by electrical engineering professor Takao Someya, have created a new kind of low-cost, plastic, flash memory storage device.
Although not as dense or stable as its silicon cousin, the plastic flash memory is useful because of its low cost, simple manufacturing process, and potential use in e-paper or other flexible devices.
To demonstrate the memory, Someya's group integrated a 676-memory-cell device with a rubber pressure sensor.
The flexible sensor-memory device, which is less than 700 micrometers thick, can record pressure patterns and retain them for up to a day.
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30407000</id>
	<title>Flexible polymer data storage != A new concept.</title>
	<author>Skratchez</author>
	<datestamp>1260526260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>Sounds like it has a ways to go before it catches up with Silly Putty. It's been encoding newsprint for decades, and I believe it would definitely hold the content for more than a day. I hope Rupert Murdoch doesn't get wise to this "technology".</htmltext>
<tokenext>Sounds like it has a ways to go before it catches up with Silly Putty .
It 's been encoding newsprint for decades , and I believe it would definitely hold the content for more than a day .
I hope Rupert Murdoch does n't get wise to this " technology " .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sounds like it has a ways to go before it catches up with Silly Putty.
It's been encoding newsprint for decades, and I believe it would definitely hold the content for more than a day.
I hope Rupert Murdoch doesn't get wise to this "technology".</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30408408</id>
	<title>Re:The flexible fad...repeats itself...</title>
	<author>noidentity</author>
	<datestamp>1260534180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>One of the very common example is the <a href="http://www.die4laser.com/dvd-rec/DissectionofaDVDwriter\_files/image022.jpg" title="die4laser.com">laser assembly on almost any optical disc reader</a> [die4laser.com]. This is easy to forget about, even though it most definitely uses a flexible PCB. It's not just for connection, either, because the PCB connects to the laser, often has the adjustment potentiometer soldered on, and connects to the optical pickup block and the focus coils.

</p><p> <a href="http://s2.guide-images.ifixit.com/igi/64KasPnEYWUHe3BW" title="ifixit.com">Back of lens unit on Sony DSC camera</a> [ifixit.com]

</p><p> <a href="http://www.garageprosoftware.com/scirocco/pics/odom9.jpg" title="garageprosoftware.com">Odometer with large flexible PCB</a> [garageprosoftware.com]

</p><p> <a href="http://xim360.com/xim2/XIM2\_XFLEX\_ASSM\_2\_SM.JPG" title="xim360.com">Video game controller</a> [xim360.com] with flexi-PCB layer over rigid PCB, with plenty of SMT components.

</p><p>The two main benefits of a flexible PCB that I can see: ability to fit into non-planar space, and ability to solder all components onto PCB, even though component leads don't terminate in a planar space.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>One of the very common example is the laser assembly on almost any optical disc reader [ die4laser.com ] .
This is easy to forget about , even though it most definitely uses a flexible PCB .
It 's not just for connection , either , because the PCB connects to the laser , often has the adjustment potentiometer soldered on , and connects to the optical pickup block and the focus coils .
Back of lens unit on Sony DSC camera [ ifixit.com ] Odometer with large flexible PCB [ garageprosoftware.com ] Video game controller [ xim360.com ] with flexi-PCB layer over rigid PCB , with plenty of SMT components .
The two main benefits of a flexible PCB that I can see : ability to fit into non-planar space , and ability to solder all components onto PCB , even though component leads do n't terminate in a planar space .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>One of the very common example is the laser assembly on almost any optical disc reader [die4laser.com].
This is easy to forget about, even though it most definitely uses a flexible PCB.
It's not just for connection, either, because the PCB connects to the laser, often has the adjustment potentiometer soldered on, and connects to the optical pickup block and the focus coils.
Back of lens unit on Sony DSC camera [ifixit.com]

 Odometer with large flexible PCB [garageprosoftware.com]

 Video game controller [xim360.com] with flexi-PCB layer over rigid PCB, with plenty of SMT components.
The two main benefits of a flexible PCB that I can see: ability to fit into non-planar space, and ability to solder all components onto PCB, even though component leads don't terminate in a planar space.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30407112</id>
	<title>Modern day scribes?</title>
	<author>jbarr</author>
	<datestamp>1260526740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>This could potentially solve both the unemployment problem AND the DRM problem.</p><p>Just scribes to write the articles, and the company doesn't have to worry about the reader passing along copies because after a day, they'll be unreadable!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>This could potentially solve both the unemployment problem AND the DRM problem.Just scribes to write the articles , and the company does n't have to worry about the reader passing along copies because after a day , they 'll be unreadable !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>This could potentially solve both the unemployment problem AND the DRM problem.Just scribes to write the articles, and the company doesn't have to worry about the reader passing along copies because after a day, they'll be unreadable!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30406598</id>
	<title>Re:Some clarification needed from TFA</title>
	<author>noidentity</author>
	<datestamp>1260524400000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>I might be missing something; which part of the process is done with organic materials.</p></div>
</blockquote><p>Any of them dealing with materials that contain carbon.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>I might be missing something ; which part of the process is done with organic materials .
Any of them dealing with materials that contain carbon .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I might be missing something; which part of the process is done with organic materials.
Any of them dealing with materials that contain carbon.
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30407266</id>
	<title>Re:Note to submitter</title>
	<author>geekoid</author>
	<datestamp>1260527520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Your mistake has nothing to do with the summary and everything with you trying to feel superior by correcting people.</p><p>In other words: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7zfnbdyAW8" title="youtube.com">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7zfnbdyAW8</a> [youtube.com]</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Your mistake has nothing to do with the summary and everything with you trying to feel superior by correcting people.In other words : http : //www.youtube.com/watch ? v = n7zfnbdyAW8 [ youtube.com ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Your mistake has nothing to do with the summary and everything with you trying to feel superior by correcting people.In other words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7zfnbdyAW8 [youtube.com]</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30407506</id>
	<title>Mystic writing pad</title>
	<author>earlymon</author>
	<datestamp>1260529020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>From TFA:</p><p><div class="quote"><p>Ethan Miller, professor of computer science at the University of California, Santa Cruz, says that plastic memory might be incorporated into e-paper. "Suppose you have a sheet with memory and a pressure sensor underneath it--you could write something and store the data, without a scanner," he says.</p></div><p>Yes, this is very cool.  I owned the analog versions some years back:</p><p><a href="http://elab.eserver.org/hfl0257.html" title="eserver.org">http://elab.eserver.org/hfl0257.html</a> [eserver.org]</p><p>And</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon\_paper" title="wikipedia.org">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon\_paper</a> [wikipedia.org]</p><p>Now, if you think I'm taking a cheap shot - I'm not.  The magic tablet and carbon paper technologies were quite significant and did shape our communications - they both broadened the writing medium.</p><p>This, now, like the things above, possibly becoming cheap enough for ubiquitous use, could have the same effect.</p><p>So - this is one case where "neener neener neener, we had that before" isn't an inaccurate catcall - it's really to say, "neener neener neener, we had that before - and we told everyone we would need it again!"</p><p>I for one hope that this doesn't become more forgotten vaporware.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>From TFA : Ethan Miller , professor of computer science at the University of California , Santa Cruz , says that plastic memory might be incorporated into e-paper .
" Suppose you have a sheet with memory and a pressure sensor underneath it--you could write something and store the data , without a scanner , " he says.Yes , this is very cool .
I owned the analog versions some years back : http : //elab.eserver.org/hfl0257.html [ eserver.org ] Andhttp : //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon \ _paper [ wikipedia.org ] Now , if you think I 'm taking a cheap shot - I 'm not .
The magic tablet and carbon paper technologies were quite significant and did shape our communications - they both broadened the writing medium.This , now , like the things above , possibly becoming cheap enough for ubiquitous use , could have the same effect.So - this is one case where " neener neener neener , we had that before " is n't an inaccurate catcall - it 's really to say , " neener neener neener , we had that before - and we told everyone we would need it again !
" I for one hope that this does n't become more forgotten vaporware .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>From TFA:Ethan Miller, professor of computer science at the University of California, Santa Cruz, says that plastic memory might be incorporated into e-paper.
"Suppose you have a sheet with memory and a pressure sensor underneath it--you could write something and store the data, without a scanner," he says.Yes, this is very cool.
I owned the analog versions some years back:http://elab.eserver.org/hfl0257.html [eserver.org]Andhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon\_paper [wikipedia.org]Now, if you think I'm taking a cheap shot - I'm not.
The magic tablet and carbon paper technologies were quite significant and did shape our communications - they both broadened the writing medium.This, now, like the things above, possibly becoming cheap enough for ubiquitous use, could have the same effect.So - this is one case where "neener neener neener, we had that before" isn't an inaccurate catcall - it's really to say, "neener neener neener, we had that before - and we told everyone we would need it again!
"I for one hope that this doesn't become more forgotten vaporware.
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30406240</id>
	<title>Re:The flexible fad...repeats itself...</title>
	<author>boristdog</author>
	<datestamp>1260523020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><i>Yes, they've been around since the 80's. But have they ever been used? No!</i></p><p>Maybe THESE flexible materials aren't affected by hair spray, which was used so much in the '80s that it actually burned a hole in the atmosphere.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Yes , they 've been around since the 80 's .
But have they ever been used ?
No ! Maybe THESE flexible materials are n't affected by hair spray , which was used so much in the '80s that it actually burned a hole in the atmosphere .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Yes, they've been around since the 80's.
But have they ever been used?
No!Maybe THESE flexible materials aren't affected by hair spray, which was used so much in the '80s that it actually burned a hole in the atmosphere.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30407494</id>
	<title>Re:A flexible friend</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260528900000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I wonder if I'm the only one who looked a TFS, read this comment subject, and thought 'blow up doll'.</p><p>Major let down, by the way...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I wonder if I 'm the only one who looked a TFS , read this comment subject , and thought 'blow up doll'.Major let down , by the way.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I wonder if I'm the only one who looked a TFS, read this comment subject, and thought 'blow up doll'.Major let down, by the way...</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30406484</id>
	<title>Re:Secure content transfer</title>
	<author>noidentity</author>
	<datestamp>1260523980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>This sounds like a good idea for transferring content securely. The contents of the memory will degrade in a short time, making it ideal for carrying sensitive data.</p></div>
</blockquote><p>There's a difference between unreliably storing data after a day, and reliably destroying all data after a day.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>This sounds like a good idea for transferring content securely .
The contents of the memory will degrade in a short time , making it ideal for carrying sensitive data .
There 's a difference between unreliably storing data after a day , and reliably destroying all data after a day .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>This sounds like a good idea for transferring content securely.
The contents of the memory will degrade in a short time, making it ideal for carrying sensitive data.
There's a difference between unreliably storing data after a day, and reliably destroying all data after a day.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30406408</id>
	<title>Another revolutionary cheap flexible thing.  Yawn.</title>
	<author>SOdhner</author>
	<datestamp>1260523680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I keep hearing about awesome revolutionary inventions that are cheap, flexible, and tiny.  Super efficient solar panels, screens, memory, everything.
<br> <br>
And yet, somehow, years pass and I never see them actually used in consumer electronics.
<br> <br>
Obviously that's not always the case.  E-Ink is something I would have put into that category had it never materialized, for example.  But in a general sense I just have trouble getting excited these days.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I keep hearing about awesome revolutionary inventions that are cheap , flexible , and tiny .
Super efficient solar panels , screens , memory , everything .
And yet , somehow , years pass and I never see them actually used in consumer electronics .
Obviously that 's not always the case .
E-Ink is something I would have put into that category had it never materialized , for example .
But in a general sense I just have trouble getting excited these days .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I keep hearing about awesome revolutionary inventions that are cheap, flexible, and tiny.
Super efficient solar panels, screens, memory, everything.
And yet, somehow, years pass and I never see them actually used in consumer electronics.
Obviously that's not always the case.
E-Ink is something I would have put into that category had it never materialized, for example.
But in a general sense I just have trouble getting excited these days.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30406938</id>
	<title>Re:Secure content transfer</title>
	<author>Mister Whirly</author>
	<datestamp>1260525960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I hope it goes over better than the DivX disposable DVD things.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I hope it goes over better than the DivX disposable DVD things .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I hope it goes over better than the DivX disposable DVD things.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30405906</id>
	<title>Will e-book readers be...</title>
	<author>runyonave</author>
	<datestamp>1260564180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>the next virtual reality. What I mean is, back in the late 80s-90s, virtual reality was thought to be the technology of the future. Now they are out of date and instead somewhat replaced with augmented reality.</p><p>Now with e-book readers, will they get replaced with the e-paper medium. With this flexible memory card and other technology such as the printable circuit board, I can see e-book readers becoming out of date.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>the next virtual reality .
What I mean is , back in the late 80s-90s , virtual reality was thought to be the technology of the future .
Now they are out of date and instead somewhat replaced with augmented reality.Now with e-book readers , will they get replaced with the e-paper medium .
With this flexible memory card and other technology such as the printable circuit board , I can see e-book readers becoming out of date .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>the next virtual reality.
What I mean is, back in the late 80s-90s, virtual reality was thought to be the technology of the future.
Now they are out of date and instead somewhat replaced with augmented reality.Now with e-book readers, will they get replaced with the e-paper medium.
With this flexible memory card and other technology such as the printable circuit board, I can see e-book readers becoming out of date.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30406252</id>
	<title>Possible use:</title>
	<author>RandoX</author>
	<datestamp>1260523080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>White House email archives.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>White House email archives .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>White House email archives.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30406274</id>
	<title>A flexible friend</title>
	<author>Wowsers</author>
	<datestamp>1260523200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Just think of the applications of plastic memory. Completely undetectable by the security scanners at airports, you can have your high security decryption key on you without having a USB key confiscated to see what is on it, possibly revealing your decryption key. One in the eye to the security nut-jobs who like to confiscate things to see what's on them under pretext of crime prevention / terror.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Just think of the applications of plastic memory .
Completely undetectable by the security scanners at airports , you can have your high security decryption key on you without having a USB key confiscated to see what is on it , possibly revealing your decryption key .
One in the eye to the security nut-jobs who like to confiscate things to see what 's on them under pretext of crime prevention / terror .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Just think of the applications of plastic memory.
Completely undetectable by the security scanners at airports, you can have your high security decryption key on you without having a USB key confiscated to see what is on it, possibly revealing your decryption key.
One in the eye to the security nut-jobs who like to confiscate things to see what's on them under pretext of crime prevention / terror.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30408716</id>
	<title>Re:Secure content transfer</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260535920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>This sounds like a good idea for transferring content securely. The contents of the memory will degrade in a short time, making it ideal for carrying sensitive data.</p></div></blockquote><p>Or you could encrypt the data and destroy the key when you don't need it anymore...</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>This sounds like a good idea for transferring content securely .
The contents of the memory will degrade in a short time , making it ideal for carrying sensitive data.Or you could encrypt the data and destroy the key when you do n't need it anymore.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>This sounds like a good idea for transferring content securely.
The contents of the memory will degrade in a short time, making it ideal for carrying sensitive data.Or you could encrypt the data and destroy the key when you don't need it anymore...
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30408140</id>
	<title>Re:Secure content transfer</title>
	<author>SnarfQuest</author>
	<datestamp>1260532740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>This sounds like a good idea for transferring content securely. The contents of the memory will degrade in a short time, making it ideal for carrying sensitive data.</p></div><p>So, how is that different from the currently available floppy disks?</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>This sounds like a good idea for transferring content securely .
The contents of the memory will degrade in a short time , making it ideal for carrying sensitive data.So , how is that different from the currently available floppy disks ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>This sounds like a good idea for transferring content securely.
The contents of the memory will degrade in a short time, making it ideal for carrying sensitive data.So, how is that different from the currently available floppy disks?
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30405896</id>
	<title>Some clarification needed from TFA</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260564180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p> <b>"Organic materials offer the capability to significantly lower the price of memory," because they can be processed much more cheaply than silicon, says Yang Yang, professor of materials science and engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, who was not involved with the work. The demonstration of plastic flash "is a very important milestone in organic memory," says Yang.</b></p><p>The plastic memory was made by a team of researchers at the University of Tokyo led by electrical engineering professor Takao Someya. <b>The key to making the plastic memory device work, says Someya, is a hybrid insulating layer made of a polymer and a metal oxide.</b> This layer electrically isolates the metal gate in which charges are stored. An applied voltage causes the metal gates to accumulate charge--charged and uncharged gates represents binary 1s and 0s, as in silicon flash. The better the insulator works, the longer the data can be stored before the electrons leak away and the data degrades.</p><p>Story continues below</p><p><b>Someya's group starts by placing metal transistor gates on top of a plastic substrate. Then a thin layer of aluminum oxide is deposited on top and the plastic film is submerged in a solution containing an insulating polymer. The polymer finally self-assembles on the surface of the aluminum oxide.<b> The plastic devices can endure 1,000 writing and reading cycles. In contrast, silicon flash can be written to about 100,000 times.</b></b></p></div><p>I might be missing something; which part of the process is done with <i>organic</i> materials. I see that it's not silicon based, but perhaps I am misunderstanding their usage of organic. Regardless to that fact, though, it's still pretty interesting stuff.</p></div>
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<tokenext>" Organic materials offer the capability to significantly lower the price of memory , " because they can be processed much more cheaply than silicon , says Yang Yang , professor of materials science and engineering at the University of California , Los Angeles , who was not involved with the work .
The demonstration of plastic flash " is a very important milestone in organic memory , " says Yang.The plastic memory was made by a team of researchers at the University of Tokyo led by electrical engineering professor Takao Someya .
The key to making the plastic memory device work , says Someya , is a hybrid insulating layer made of a polymer and a metal oxide .
This layer electrically isolates the metal gate in which charges are stored .
An applied voltage causes the metal gates to accumulate charge--charged and uncharged gates represents binary 1s and 0s , as in silicon flash .
The better the insulator works , the longer the data can be stored before the electrons leak away and the data degrades.Story continues belowSomeya 's group starts by placing metal transistor gates on top of a plastic substrate .
Then a thin layer of aluminum oxide is deposited on top and the plastic film is submerged in a solution containing an insulating polymer .
The polymer finally self-assembles on the surface of the aluminum oxide .
The plastic devices can endure 1,000 writing and reading cycles .
In contrast , silicon flash can be written to about 100,000 times.I might be missing something ; which part of the process is done with organic materials .
I see that it 's not silicon based , but perhaps I am misunderstanding their usage of organic .
Regardless to that fact , though , it 's still pretty interesting stuff .</tokentext>
<sentencetext> "Organic materials offer the capability to significantly lower the price of memory," because they can be processed much more cheaply than silicon, says Yang Yang, professor of materials science and engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, who was not involved with the work.
The demonstration of plastic flash "is a very important milestone in organic memory," says Yang.The plastic memory was made by a team of researchers at the University of Tokyo led by electrical engineering professor Takao Someya.
The key to making the plastic memory device work, says Someya, is a hybrid insulating layer made of a polymer and a metal oxide.
This layer electrically isolates the metal gate in which charges are stored.
An applied voltage causes the metal gates to accumulate charge--charged and uncharged gates represents binary 1s and 0s, as in silicon flash.
The better the insulator works, the longer the data can be stored before the electrons leak away and the data degrades.Story continues belowSomeya's group starts by placing metal transistor gates on top of a plastic substrate.
Then a thin layer of aluminum oxide is deposited on top and the plastic film is submerged in a solution containing an insulating polymer.
The polymer finally self-assembles on the surface of the aluminum oxide.
The plastic devices can endure 1,000 writing and reading cycles.
In contrast, silicon flash can be written to about 100,000 times.I might be missing something; which part of the process is done with organic materials.
I see that it's not silicon based, but perhaps I am misunderstanding their usage of organic.
Regardless to that fact, though, it's still pretty interesting stuff.
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30409274</id>
	<title>Re:Will e-book readers be...</title>
	<author>Thinboy00</author>
	<datestamp>1260539820000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Kindle sure sold a lot of models really fast...  I don't think we can call ebook readers dead this early in the game.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Kindle sure sold a lot of models really fast... I do n't think we can call ebook readers dead this early in the game .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Kindle sure sold a lot of models really fast...  I don't think we can call ebook readers dead this early in the game.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30407360</id>
	<title>Speed? Density?</title>
	<author>Ren Hoak</author>
	<datestamp>1260528060000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Cheap is nice. Short term memory -- too close to home for anyone over 40, but one day isn't bad. How fast is it to access, and how large is it relative to Si storage? Those may both be answered in TFA, but I'm too lazy to check. +1 Honesty?<br> <br>

If this is as fast as traditional large storage formats, and it doesn't take considerably more space, it could be interesting to see this applied to swap space or<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/tmp type storage... especially if the 1 day reliability can be extended through a refresh cycle.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Cheap is nice .
Short term memory -- too close to home for anyone over 40 , but one day is n't bad .
How fast is it to access , and how large is it relative to Si storage ?
Those may both be answered in TFA , but I 'm too lazy to check .
+ 1 Honesty ?
If this is as fast as traditional large storage formats , and it does n't take considerably more space , it could be interesting to see this applied to swap space or /tmp type storage... especially if the 1 day reliability can be extended through a refresh cycle .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Cheap is nice.
Short term memory -- too close to home for anyone over 40, but one day isn't bad.
How fast is it to access, and how large is it relative to Si storage?
Those may both be answered in TFA, but I'm too lazy to check.
+1 Honesty?
If this is as fast as traditional large storage formats, and it doesn't take considerably more space, it could be interesting to see this applied to swap space or /tmp type storage... especially if the 1 day reliability can be extended through a refresh cycle.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30409914</id>
	<title>Storage density?</title>
	<author>marciot</author>
	<datestamp>1260544080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I'm sure this is a useful for some applications, but at 676 bits on that large piece of plastic, this thing probably does not even rival core memory in terms of storage density. They got a lot of shrinking to do before this thing can store even one MP3 file.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'm sure this is a useful for some applications , but at 676 bits on that large piece of plastic , this thing probably does not even rival core memory in terms of storage density .
They got a lot of shrinking to do before this thing can store even one MP3 file .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'm sure this is a useful for some applications, but at 676 bits on that large piece of plastic, this thing probably does not even rival core memory in terms of storage density.
They got a lot of shrinking to do before this thing can store even one MP3 file.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30407622</id>
	<title>Re:The flexible fad...repeats itself...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260529680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Just because you can bend a PCB a few cm, doesn't mean that they're meant to be flexible.</p><p>When I refer to "flexible LCD &amp; PCB" I'm talking about devices that are supposed to be bent in use, such as fold-out-displays or "wrap around electronics".</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Just because you can bend a PCB a few cm , does n't mean that they 're meant to be flexible.When I refer to " flexible LCD &amp; PCB " I 'm talking about devices that are supposed to be bent in use , such as fold-out-displays or " wrap around electronics " .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Just because you can bend a PCB a few cm, doesn't mean that they're meant to be flexible.When I refer to "flexible LCD &amp; PCB" I'm talking about devices that are supposed to be bent in use, such as fold-out-displays or "wrap around electronics".</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30405860</id>
	<title>Secure content transfer</title>
	<author>ksd1337</author>
	<datestamp>1260564000000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>This sounds like a good idea for transferring content securely. The contents of the memory will degrade in a short time, making it ideal for carrying sensitive data.</htmltext>
<tokenext>This sounds like a good idea for transferring content securely .
The contents of the memory will degrade in a short time , making it ideal for carrying sensitive data .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>This sounds like a good idea for transferring content securely.
The contents of the memory will degrade in a short time, making it ideal for carrying sensitive data.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30409020</id>
	<title>Cheap, plastic flash memory?</title>
	<author>ascari</author>
	<datestamp>1260537780000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Sounds like the standard schwag at every tech conference...</htmltext>
<tokenext>Sounds like the standard schwag at every tech conference.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sounds like the standard schwag at every tech conference...</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30406272</id>
	<title>Re:Some clarification needed from TFA</title>
	<author>wastedlife</author>
	<datestamp>1260523200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I think they refer to organic as in compounds containing carbon:</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic\_compound" title="wikipedia.org">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic\_compound</a> [wikipedia.org]</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I think they refer to organic as in compounds containing carbon : http : //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic \ _compound [ wikipedia.org ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I think they refer to organic as in compounds containing carbon:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic\_compound [wikipedia.org]</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30406616</id>
	<title>Re:Note to submitter</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260524520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Err.. OK, now I've RTFA it seams this \_is\_ flash memory.  The summary is misleading in suggesting that pressure is used in the storage; the prototype was used with a pressure sensor to provide an example application.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Err.. OK , now I 've RTFA it seams this \ _is \ _ flash memory .
The summary is misleading in suggesting that pressure is used in the storage ; the prototype was used with a pressure sensor to provide an example application .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Err.. OK, now I've RTFA it seams this \_is\_ flash memory.
The summary is misleading in suggesting that pressure is used in the storage; the prototype was used with a pressure sensor to provide an example application.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30407260</id>
	<title>Re:Some clarification needed from TFA</title>
	<author>Ephemeriis</author>
	<datestamp>1260527520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>I might be missing something; which part of the process is done with organic materials. I see that it's not silicon based, but perhaps I am misunderstanding their usage of organic. Regardless to that fact, though, it's still pretty interesting stuff.</p></div><p>In terms of chemistry, organic refers to stuff made from carbon.</p><p>Plastic is made from carbon.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>I might be missing something ; which part of the process is done with organic materials .
I see that it 's not silicon based , but perhaps I am misunderstanding their usage of organic .
Regardless to that fact , though , it 's still pretty interesting stuff.In terms of chemistry , organic refers to stuff made from carbon.Plastic is made from carbon .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I might be missing something; which part of the process is done with organic materials.
I see that it's not silicon based, but perhaps I am misunderstanding their usage of organic.
Regardless to that fact, though, it's still pretty interesting stuff.In terms of chemistry, organic refers to stuff made from carbon.Plastic is made from carbon.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30416334</id>
	<title>Tape Cassettes</title>
	<author>idji</author>
	<datestamp>1260650040000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Remember those tape cassettes that went the way of the dinosaurs when CD burners got cheap. They were also plastic and metal oxides. Seems we are just coming back in circles and recycling technologies at the next level.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Remember those tape cassettes that went the way of the dinosaurs when CD burners got cheap .
They were also plastic and metal oxides .
Seems we are just coming back in circles and recycling technologies at the next level .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Remember those tape cassettes that went the way of the dinosaurs when CD burners got cheap.
They were also plastic and metal oxides.
Seems we are just coming back in circles and recycling technologies at the next level.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30405870</id>
	<title>Cheap, Flexible, Plastic?</title>
	<author>gyrogeerloose</author>
	<datestamp>1260564060000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Sounds like the ethics of your typical politician.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Sounds like the ethics of your typical politician .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sounds like the ethics of your typical politician.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30406466</id>
	<title>Re:The flexible fad...repeats itself...</title>
	<author>sexconker</author>
	<datestamp>1260523920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Flexible Chips</p></div><p>This one time my Tostitos got wet.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Flexible ChipsThis one time my Tostitos got wet .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Flexible ChipsThis one time my Tostitos got wet.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30405864</id>
	<title>bendy</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260564000000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Excellent, if this wasnt vaporware, we'd be that much closer to a roll up computer...which Im sure someone could justify over the normal old boring rigid type besides the neato factor</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Excellent , if this wasnt vaporware , we 'd be that much closer to a roll up computer...which Im sure someone could justify over the normal old boring rigid type besides the neato factor</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Excellent, if this wasnt vaporware, we'd be that much closer to a roll up computer...which Im sure someone could justify over the normal old boring rigid type besides the neato factor</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30406104</id>
	<title>The flexible fad...repeats itself...</title>
	<author>MindPrison</author>
	<datestamp>1260522240000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Tell me that you haven't heard this before?</p><p>- Flexible displays<br>- Flexible PCB's<br>- Flexible Chips</p><p>Yes, they've been around since the 80's. But have they ever been used? No!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Tell me that you have n't heard this before ? - Flexible displays- Flexible PCB 's- Flexible ChipsYes , they 've been around since the 80 's .
But have they ever been used ?
No !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Tell me that you haven't heard this before?- Flexible displays- Flexible PCB's- Flexible ChipsYes, they've been around since the 80's.
But have they ever been used?
No!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30406580</id>
	<title>Note to submitter</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260524340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>"Flash" is the name of a specific technology that stores data in the charge accumulated on the gate of a MOSFET.  The term you're looking for to describe what this invention is is "EEPROM", which is the category of devices of which Flash is the best known.</p><p>Basically, your comment makes you look stupid, like people who call photocopiers "xeroxes" or vacuum cleaners "hoovers".</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>" Flash " is the name of a specific technology that stores data in the charge accumulated on the gate of a MOSFET .
The term you 're looking for to describe what this invention is is " EEPROM " , which is the category of devices of which Flash is the best known.Basically , your comment makes you look stupid , like people who call photocopiers " xeroxes " or vacuum cleaners " hoovers " .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>"Flash" is the name of a specific technology that stores data in the charge accumulated on the gate of a MOSFET.
The term you're looking for to describe what this invention is is "EEPROM", which is the category of devices of which Flash is the best known.Basically, your comment makes you look stupid, like people who call photocopiers "xeroxes" or vacuum cleaners "hoovers".</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30406560</id>
	<title>Re:The flexible fad...repeats itself...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260524220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>Flexible PCB's</p></div>
</blockquote><p>Most certainly have been used. I remember taking apart a Polaroid camera when I was a kid, and finding a <a href="http://www.chemie.unibas.ch/~holder/sx70tech.html" title="unibas.ch">flexible light brown plastic circuit</a> [unibas.ch] with chips soldered to it.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Flexible PCB 's Most certainly have been used .
I remember taking apart a Polaroid camera when I was a kid , and finding a flexible light brown plastic circuit [ unibas.ch ] with chips soldered to it .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Flexible PCB's
Most certainly have been used.
I remember taking apart a Polaroid camera when I was a kid, and finding a flexible light brown plastic circuit [unibas.ch] with chips soldered to it.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30407740</id>
	<title>Re:A flexible friend</title>
	<author>Hatta</author>
	<datestamp>1260530340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>What?  Silicon isn't detectable by security scanners, and a micro SD card is small enough to hide anywhere.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>What ?
Silicon is n't detectable by security scanners , and a micro SD card is small enough to hide anywhere .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>What?
Silicon isn't detectable by security scanners, and a micro SD card is small enough to hide anywhere.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30528728</id>
	<title>Re:Secure content transfer</title>
	<author>musicunderfire</author>
	<datestamp>1261475340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Sure its great as a cheap alternative, but I wouldn't doubt this is another case where quality is lost when the cheaper element wins over the stable, pricier one in the end.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Sure its great as a cheap alternative , but I would n't doubt this is another case where quality is lost when the cheaper element wins over the stable , pricier one in the end .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sure its great as a cheap alternative, but I wouldn't doubt this is another case where quality is lost when the cheaper element wins over the stable, pricier one in the end.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_11_176231.30407884</id>
	<title>Re:Note to submitter</title>
	<author>mrnobo1024</author>
	<datestamp>1260531120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>"EEPROM" is generally only used to refer to nonvolatile memories where individual bits can be erased. Flash memory has to be erased an entire block at a time (where a block is some size much larger than 1 bit).</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>" EEPROM " is generally only used to refer to nonvolatile memories where individual bits can be erased .
Flash memory has to be erased an entire block at a time ( where a block is some size much larger than 1 bit ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>"EEPROM" is generally only used to refer to nonvolatile memories where individual bits can be erased.
Flash memory has to be erased an entire block at a time (where a block is some size much larger than 1 bit).</sentencetext>
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