There's plenty of room at the bottom [data storage]

The problem of manipulating and controlling things on a small scale is discussed. The question of how to write the entire 24 volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica on the head of a pin is examined. The question of how to read it is also discussed, focusing on the need to make the electron microscop...

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Published inJournal of microelectromechanical systems Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 60 - 66
Main Author Feynman, Richard P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY IEEE 01.03.1992
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Subjects
Applied sciences
Electric motors
Electronics
Exact sciences and technology
General (including economical and industrial fields)
Memory
Physics
Plastic films
Silicon compounds
Solid state circuits
Information storage
Electronic component
Miniaturization
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Summary:The problem of manipulating and controlling things on a small scale is discussed. The question of how to write the entire 24 volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica on the head of a pin is examined. The question of how to read it is also discussed, focusing on the need to make the electron microscope more powerful. Other aspects of miniaturization and of making things on a small scale are discussed, including miniaturizing the computer, miniaturization by evaporation, problems of lubrication, and rearranging atoms.< >
ISSN:1057-7157
1941-0158
DOI:10.1109/84.128057