Gizmodo
Scientists Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg have been announced as winners of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics, specifically for their work in "giant magnetoresistance," the phenomenon in which small changes in magnetism can lead to large levels of electrical resistance. Still bored by giant magnetoresistance? As explained by another professor:
Without it you would not be able to store more than one song on your iPod!
Yeah, GMR is the science behind hard drives. It's too bad these scientists had to wait for the iPod to become popular for recognition, when we'd already been exploiting their advancements in the areas of computers and computers that store porn for so long now. Congrats you two. [bbc]
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so it's not something professor Xavier developed to keep out an overly large incarnation of his arch nemesis? shame, that would've been much more interesting
Tangentially-iPod stories recap:
Girl who finds rocks in her box at Target: 21 Comments.
Nobel Prize: 1 Comment.
Damn I love Gizmodo.
@92BuickLeSabre: It's a sad state of affairs.
Without it you would not be able to store more than one song on your iPod!
ummmm.. what about ones with flash storage?
I'm glad they have finally been recognised for their contributions to society as a whole. While having music on your ipod is no small feat, it pales in comparison to the adavnces that have been made as a result of that first step - well done!
@pepe the king prawn:
"Without it you would not be able to store more than one song on your iPod!
ummmm.. what about ones with flash storage?"
But, the computers needed to design the flash memory need hard drives to operate in the first place...
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