Re: Intel using alien technology etc. [4 msgs]

From: campbell@ufomind.com (Glenn Campbell, Las Vegas)
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 14:28:11 -0800
Subject: Re: Intel using alien technology etc. [4 msgs]

A.J. Craddock wrote:
> They started talking shop - hard drives etc., and the military guy
> volunteered that they were already using a hard drive that was essentially
> biological.
>
> It had a terrabyte capacity, was cube shaped, and would easily fit in the
> palm of your hand.
>
> Apparently it was packed with microbes (or some such) that would all align
> in one direction when hit with a laser from one side, and then align in the
> opposite direction with a laser stimulation from a different side.  Thus
> eliminating the need for magnetic devices.


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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 07:22:12 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Intel using alien technology etc.
From: jwp@lubrizol.com (Joe pialet)

This sounds like some technology described in Omni quite a few years
ago.  The inventor had developed a computer memory storage unit (hard
drive) which was based on a light sensitive biomolecule isolated from
bacteria.  a laser could be used to switch the stereochemistry of the
individual biomolecules and thus store data which could be read by
another computer.  He claimmed it had a high potential storage density.
He was trying to get the military interested because it needed cooling
to retain memory and thus could be used to store classified information
on combat aircraft.  If the plane crashed, the drive would loose the
power needed for cooling and the data on the drive would be lost.

Joe pialet

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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 12:32:09 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Intel using alien technology etc.
From: Rich Thomson <rthomson@ptc.com>

There's nothing alien about this, even though its exotic.  The
biochemists have been figuring out ways of making DNA and other little
bits of living matter work as computer circuits for at least 10+ years
when I first heard of it because my housemate in college was a chemist
working on research for such a group.

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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 13:18:09 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Re: Intel using alien technology etc.
From: Henny van der Pluijm <hvdp@worldonline.nl>

You are talking about the Intel microprocessor story.
Still, I am not convinced it is a hoax.
Two things:
. the article was very carefully crafted. It takes a trained writer
to write a story with a clear structure in it and without spelling mistakes.
Also, the story must have had some real value to the writer to go
to such lengths.
. it is true that Intel is developing its processors under code names.
Recent ones were Klamath and Merced. Mutant would fit in here. The writer
must at least have knowledge about Intel policy in this regard.

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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 04:20:49 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Re: Intel using alien technology etc.
From: Dan Zinngrabe <quellish@macconnect.com>

This is holographic staorage- still supposedly in the labs, but very real.
BYTE (http://www.byte.com) did a story on it about a year ago. NSA and NRO
are VERY interested in the technology, and if I had to pick one thing off
the top of my head that could be derived from a crashed non-terrestrial
vehicle, this would probably be it.
Dan

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