Using plastic to make high-capacity memory

Researchers are experimenting with a new type of compact, inexpensive, high-capacity electronic memory for small devices that uses a plastic material also sometimes employed as an antistatic coating for computer screens. A team of Princeton University and Hewlett-Packard scientists has used polyethylenedioxythiophene, called Pedot, to develop the memory system for deployment in cameras, MP3 music players, cellular phones, and other small devices. The new system is a type of WORM technology. "Write-once, read-many memory is very useful for large archival files such as digital photographs, music, etc.,".