This is a picture of NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) observatory, which is due to launch tomorrow. But it’s spinning fast enough to make you feel really quite sick.
Scientists have long spoken about the possibility of using the natural spin of electrons as digital storage — but it’s never been a reality because of the transient nature of the effect. Now, though, IBM researchers have found a way to keep the effect alive long enough for it to…