Monthly Archives: September 2014

Helium Technology Wants To Put An End To Air-based Hard Disk Drives

Two industry firsts for HGST, Inc. as the enterprise hardware maker revealed three new hard disk drive products at its recent Press & Industry Analysts Briefing in San Francisco, California. The CUBE’s Stu Miniman and Jeff Frick spoke to Brendan … Continue reading

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Kroll Ontrack Demonstrates Successful Data Recoveries With Multiple Helium-Filled Hard Drives

Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of data recovery and ediscovery products and services, today announced its engineers have successfully recovered data from several helium-filled hard disk drives (HDD). With a dedicated research and development (R&D) team, Kroll Ontrack proactively created … Continue reading

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Helium-Filled 10TB Hard Drive Announced

Western Digital’s HGST have announced the world’s first 10-terabyte hard drive and it’s helium-filled to boot. The Ultrastar He10, comes just a couple of weeks after Seagate announced the initial availability of their 8TB air-filled hard drive. The company has … Continue reading

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Medical Uses of Helium

Helium is the second element on the periodic table. Both colorless and odorless, it does not react very well with other substances, making it a stable. Helium is scarce in the atmosphere and according to David G. Haase on the … Continue reading

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Chemistry on the Moon: The Quest for Helium-3

The unique presence of helium-3 on the Moon will provide an abundant and powerful source of fuel for energy on Earth, and will be the basis for exploration of and settlement on other heavenly bodies. Attaining this superior fusion fuel … Continue reading

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