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Shrunken Grains: Five years ago, the smallest grains on a magnetic disk measured 9.5 nanometers (nm) in diameter (left).
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IEEE Spectrum, 5 Jan. 2019
And a computer itself can act as a microphone: In a 2019 study researchers developed software that detected and analyzed how ambient sound waves jiggled a hard drive’s read head over its magnetic disk—and could thus effectively record conversations taking place near the machine.
—Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2021
To do this, the good frame was recorded onto a magnetic disk then replayed five times.
—Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2017
Their design mimics the familiar swimmer’s physique, with a thin magnetic disk added to the head.
—Jenny Morber, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2015
At the time of the broadcast, magnetic disk recorders capable of storing slow motion footage could only capture 30 seconds in total, for a playback of 90 seconds of slow motion video.
—Howard Berry, Quartz, 18 July 2019
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IEEE Spectrum, 5 Jan. 2019
And a computer itself can act as a microphone: In a 2019 study researchers developed software that detected and analyzed how ambient sound waves jiggled a hard drive’s read head over its magnetic disk—and could thus effectively record conversations taking place near the machine.
—Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2021
To do this, the good frame was recorded onto a magnetic disk then replayed five times.
—Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2017
Their design mimics the familiar swimmer’s physique, with a thin magnetic disk added to the head.
—Jenny Morber, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2015
At the time of the broadcast, magnetic disk recorders capable of storing slow motion footage could only capture 30 seconds in total, for a playback of 90 seconds of slow motion video.
—Howard Berry, Quartz, 18 July 2019
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“Magnetic disk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnetic%20disk. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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