tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637778157419388168.post3464064929514064831..comments2024-03-21T09:01:08.175-07:00Comments on Physics with an edge: Jumping flash drives?Mike McCullochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00985573443686082382noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637778157419388168.post-1510671910575214852020-01-15T10:36:12.005-08:002020-01-15T10:36:12.005-08:00Fascinating! Actually a better way to test might b...Fascinating! Actually a better way to test might be using a centrifuge with magnetic bearings, slowly accelerate drive to some ridiculous G equivalent then run the tests with the motor drive disconnected. Any decay change should be wasily observable.<br />Not sure if simply powering the drive but not writing would be enough as many of these implement wear leveling: perhaps simply disabling the on-chip HV supply by dropping Vcc below minimum would be adequate.<br />conundrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00367656902932421352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637778157419388168.post-76201157272975512182016-11-12T06:48:49.685-08:002016-11-12T06:48:49.685-08:00Truckle: No apology needed. Good question. It coul...Truckle: No apology needed. Good question. It could be said that they are gripping nearby objects, but in the reference frame of the gripping object. So, it would look like they are pulling other objects along.Mike McCullochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985573443686082382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637778157419388168.post-26206548177711307302016-11-10T18:54:05.245-08:002016-11-10T18:54:05.245-08:00I apologise for writing as I am a layman but I fin...I apologise for writing as I am a layman but I find your blog very interesting and am trying to understand without having the mathematics to do so. So, Question: Since the inertial mass of nearby objects increases when subjected to the presence of an acceleration object could it be accurately visualised that the object is "gripping nearby objects in their locations" (by increasing their inertial mass) in order to permit acceleration relative to them? Or is this "not even wrong"?Trucklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11229906370265577613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637778157419388168.post-57980495534787115042014-02-21T03:41:38.276-08:002014-02-21T03:41:38.276-08:00Thank you for your suggestion of a System on a Chi...Thank you for your suggestion of a System on a Chip (SoC): the more isolated the better. I suspect, on balance :) that most of Kish's weight anomaly was due to an interaction with the air, but I think that with more isolation this experiment would be a relatively easy way to expose MiHsC effects.Mike McCullochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985573443686082382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637778157419388168.post-62229517733236967672014-02-19T21:32:56.053-08:002014-02-19T21:32:56.053-08:00Make it as closed-system as possible? Control the ...Make it as closed-system as possible? Control the drive with a PLC/PGA/FPGA/SoC (depending on how fancy you want to get) with internal power, with the entire system completely enclosed and shielded, running with the bare minimum information exchange outside of your test chamber (like maybe one LED). The system operation should also contribute to observed effect, but I'm thinking there's sufficient information available to closely estimate what that might be, and it may be moot, as I would think the R/RW magnitude would overwhelm it. My 2 pisa from the peanut gallery, and I really wish you'd have shut the door on that rabbit-hole, the drop near to killed me...TVulgarishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02286112615375147209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637778157419388168.post-52951990391335455072014-01-24T06:32:03.228-08:002014-01-24T06:32:03.228-08:00Yes, the experiment needs to be redone in a vacuum...Yes, the experiment needs to be redone in a vacuum & with a Faraday cage.Mike McCullochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985573443686082382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637778157419388168.post-7352567071875878962014-01-23T14:20:18.400-08:002014-01-23T14:20:18.400-08:00Another thing to watch out for is E/M effects from...Another thing to watch out for is E/M effects from the flash drive onto the scale during RW.<br />Also, I would be interested on the physical setup (USB extension etc) as I agree, it may be something else affecting the weight reading.Richard Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708390883477409999noreply@blogger.com