When you load up your Kindle (or iPad, or smartphone) with data, the transistors in the flash memory use a trapped electron to distinguish between a 0 and a 1 (the poetic language of computers). According to Einstein’s theory of relativity, E=mc² if something has energy, it has mass and weight. A small, undetectable, theoretical amount of mass and weight. We’re talking about an atogram, or 10 to the -18th of a gram. Our bestest scales can only measure 10 to the -9th. via Gizmodo
October 31, 2011
