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Katia Moskvitch, MPhil Profile picture
Katia Moskvitch, MPhil
@SciTech_Cat
Director of Communications, Quantum Machines. Physicist. Ex-WIRED and BBC. Check out my podcast The Quantum Kid on Youtube. We make quantum accessible & fun!
Dec 11, 2019 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
At @IBMResearch in Zurich, scientists are reinventing tape technology - combining it with cloud computing.

Remember - it all started with tape, but then it kinda sunk into oblivion.  1/10

THREAD Old cassette players, anyone? I still remember my bright pink walkman w Michael Jackson tape in it... back in 1991 or thereabouts. I was 11 then.

Ask my 11 y.o. son what tape is though, & u'll get this:🤨 followed by🙄 BUT: tape is making a comeback! 2/10 Image