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June 11, 2002

In a welcome return to

In a welcome return to "punching holes in stuff" as a storage mechanism, IBM's Millipede (that's an InfoWorld link, so you have to ignore those stupid underlined words) potentially goes to terabit-per-square-inch. Quite an improvement over tape and card, Millipede "uses thousands of nanosharp tips to punch indentations that represent individual bits into a thin plastic film".