New material could lead to erasable and rewriteable optical chips
Tuesday, December 6, 2016 - 16:01
in Physics & Chemistry
A military drone flying on a reconnaissance mission is captured behind enemy lines, setting into motion a team of engineers who need to remotely delete sensitive information carried on the drone's chips. Because the chips are optical and not electronic, the engineers can now simply flash a beam of UV light onto the chip to instantly erase all content. Disaster averted.