Today we take a look at data; the ones and zeroes that make up everything from this video to the latest video games.
It's easy to assume that data is weightless. After all, a computer doesn't become heavier when it's filled with folders. In this video, we calculate the weight of data on different storage mediums.
HDD (1 TB): 2.6*10^{-4} grams.
SSD (1 TB): 2.5∙10^{-16} grams.
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Sources:
- http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jun/how-much-does-the-internet-weigh
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive
- http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~kubitron/
- https://superuser.com/questions/11423/how-much-does-a-gigabyte-worth-of-data-physically-weigh-on-a-hard-disk
- http://www.ellipsix.net/blog/2009/04/how-much-does-data-weigh.html
- https://tenpercent.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/meanwhile-apropos-of-nothing-the-weight-of-a-fingerprint/
- https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21651-worlds-most-sensitive-scales-detect-a-yoctogram/
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