Nintendo's new console, the Nintendo Switch, is being released and everyone is excited again... but one question everyone is asking is why have they gone back to cartridges? Isn't that old technology? W: http://www.martinarcher.co.uk T: http://www.twitter.com/martinarcher F: http://www.facebook.com/drmartinarcher 00:19 Areal Density 01:00 Cassette Tapes and Floppy Drives 01:30 Games Cartridges 01:55 Optical Media: CD, DVD, Blu-Ray 03:00 Hard Drives and Flash Memory now 03:53 Future storage technologies - DNA, Holograms and Electronic Quantum Holography 05:16 A limit on information? The Bekenstein Bound Links for more information Areal Density http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/areal-density https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areal_density_(computer_storage) How Old School Floppy Drives Worked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHRc-QMoUE4&t=153s How Old School ROM Cartidges Worked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLEMsw1SjDY How CDs/DVDs/Blu Ray work http://www.explainthatstuff.com/cdplayers.html Flash memory beats hard drives http://www.computerworld.com/article/3030642/data-storage/flash-memorys-density-surpasses-hard-drives-for-first-time.html Bekenstein Bound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bekenstein_bound http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Bekenstein_bound https://plus.maths.org/content/bekenstein Black Hole Information Paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_information_paradox https://profmattstrassler.com/articles-and-posts/relativity-space-astronomy-and-cosmology/black-holes/black-hole-information-paradox-an-introduction/ https://phys.org/news/2015-10-black-hole-paradox.html How big is the internet? http://www.live-counter.com/how-big-is-the-internet/ Music by Twin Musicom