14 DAY TRIAL // Datastickies might sound like a silly name, but it is perfect because it is, ahem, perfectly indicative of what the things are and do.
Basically, they are sticky notes that, upon being, well, stuck to a computer, will load data into the system.
Datastickies are small, paper-thin drives that are stacked one upon another, like post-it notes, and transfer data via the special adhesive they are coated with on the upper back side.
It's a “special low-tack, pressure-sensitive adhesive” that can be reused without leaving marks like a repositionable note.
The sticky notes are made from graphene and have up to 32 GB capacities. Basically, they're meant to be a graphene-based replacement for USB flash drives.
Designer Aditi Singh and university professor Parag Anand, both from New Delhi, India, are the ones who invented the Datastickies.
The technology is still in development, and we're not quite sure how the data transfer works. We imagine the PCs of the future will have special technology built into every inch of their cases and frames, capable of “reading” the data coming in through the adhesive.
The top surface can be written on, but no, a file won't magically be created inside, holding the info there. Various colors and type or size patterns are being planned. You should even be able to stack and use them together, for greater capacity.
