DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes • Hacker News Board

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by Mithaldu » Sat, Dec 14, 2013, 1:59 AM UTC

tlarkworthy wrote: post #4

Mithaldu wrote: post #3

I don't get it. How the hell do i put this in my computer? The second image block implies not the usb port. And even if it were to be put there, i wouldn't want to put glue in there, and have no idea how a thin sheet of material is supposed to maintain contact. Maybe i need a special drive for it? Note, i don't actually care for the answers at this point, just wanted to lay out for the guys who made the page how its…

With graphene + imagination you can do anything ... in your imagination.

Thanks for pointing out the obvious. I have too much faith in people.

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by glasshouses » Sat, Dec 14, 2013, 2:06 AM UTC

This is bad science self-congratulatory wank.

Graphene organs, stick them to your face and let them compensate for your bad health via sound.

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by HCIdivision17 » Sat, Dec 14, 2013, 2:07 AM UTC

Is there any graphene prototype that suggests this could be sold in the near future (next couple years)?

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by cperciva » Sat, Dec 14, 2013, 2:09 AM UTC

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Apparently adverts for products which don't exist and never will exist are also nearly indistinguishable from adverts for advanced technology.

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by tlarkworthy » Sat, Dec 14, 2013, 2:11 AM UTC

cperciva wrote: post #14

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Apparently adverts for products which don't exist and never will exist are also nearly indistinguishable from adverts for advanced technology.

yeah I had to read it a couple of times before I could confidently decide none of it made any sense.

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by alphakappa » Sat, Dec 14, 2013, 2:13 AM UTC

There's nothing to indicate that this is a real product. There's no information about availability, and given how everything is just a bunch of slides, I think this is more of a design exercise than a real product.

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by prawn » Sat, Dec 14, 2013, 2:18 AM UTC

Can't say I've ever found a USB stick to be too large physically. Interesting concept, but I wonder if it's solving a problem that doesn't really exist and adding a required transfer surface along the way.

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by wmf » Sat, Dec 14, 2013, 2:24 AM UTC

HCIdivision17 wrote: post #13

Is there any graphene prototype that suggests this could be sold in the near future (next couple years)?

I wasn't previously aware of it, but apparently non-volatile graphene storage is indeed a topic of research: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl101902k http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn3059136 I would assume it's over a decade out, though.

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by indrax » Sat, Dec 14, 2013, 2:27 AM UTC

magic5227 wrote: post #10

This is just a proof-of-concept, correct? Well designed, but, don't they know USB sticks are on their way out?

It's proof that there is a concept.

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by kbar13 » Sat, Dec 14, 2013, 2:31 AM UTC

cool! I haven't seen a visitor counter used in a really long time.