Heavy Data

Wouldn’t it be cool if data had weight? Yes I know a lot of the things that data can do are due to the fact that you can send it across the globe at nearly the speed of light. But still, I can’t help but muse on the idea of data that has weight. You could literally feel your portable hard drive fill up with stuff. When you cleaned up and deleted things you no longer needed, it would be easy to pick it up and feel the difference it made. Newer external hard discs are now coming with e-ink screens displaying a label and capacity meter. Pretty cool, but still a far cry from the instant physical feedback weight could give. One can dream anyway…