1,000,000+ songs in your pocket? Welcome to the future!

“We have been able to assemble a functional nanocluster that incorporates two electron donating groups, and position them precisely 0.32nm apart so they can form a totally new type of molecular switching device,” says Professor Lee Cronin. Uhh, what does that mean? Well, according to two researchers at Glasglow University, they have developed a extremely small switch that could allow up to 500,000GB to be housed on one square inch of substrate. Apple’s largest iPod on the market today is a measly 160GB, or 40,000 songs. With this new switch you could house millions upon millions of songs, all in your pocket! It doesn’t stop there, though. Imagine the possibilities when it comes to computers, or anything that has hard drive storage!

Don’t get too excited yet. Even with this amazing feat, there is still an extremely long way to go before something like this would appear in a consumer device. There are currently some fabrication problems in its production, but the professors remain optimistic. Mr. Cronin believes, “What we have done is find a way to potentially increase the data storage capabilities in a radical way.” I don’t know about you, but I’m excited to see where this goes.

Via [iPodObserver]