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Lexar unveils the world's first SD cards made of 316 stainless steel (www.techspot.com)

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[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 119 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Unironically a good idea. I can see these really helping to increase the chances of memory survival in camera applications where the camera has a high chance of being physically destroyed. Also a metal body reallllly helps conduct heat out of the flash, which will increase their lifespan in continuous-write applications.

[-] Voyajer@lemmy.world 63 points 3 months ago

Stainless is extra bad at conducting heat considering it's a metal, but it's still way better than plastic. I hope they make an aluminum version at some point.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 3 months ago

Yes, stainless is "bad", compared to other metals. But like you also mentioned, it's loads better than plastic.

I'd doubt they make an aluminum one, it's probably not worth the tooling.

When dealing with only 100-200mW, even a small change in thermal conductivity will make a big difference.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

One day the card will be conductive enough for us to complain it's hot when we take it out

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Elemental silver SD card casing for maximum thermal transfer, when????

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[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

Seriously, my plastic cookware is terrible

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

But there's no better way to make a really traditional dioxin omelette.

[-] Wooki@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

How strong is aluminium compared to steel again? Oh right, its butter...

[-] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 103 points 3 months ago

Cool

Why tho

[-] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 36 points 3 months ago

Personally, id choose them over plastic ones if not just to save plastic

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 16 points 3 months ago

doesn't metal manufacturing use quite a lot more energy?

[-] Strykker@programming.dev 38 points 3 months ago

But it has the benefit of not breaking down into micro plastics and getting into every part of everyone.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

"Honey, I accidently digested our SD card again"

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago

True enough. Though I wonder, as a thought experiment, what would be the actual better option in the long run. Some type of resin maybe?

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Wood

[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

H e m p

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Uranium

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 4 points 3 months ago

that's...

I somehow doubt that.

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[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

probably, but then i can ingest less micro plastics. Which is probably good.

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[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

People will pay more money for premium.

But yeah environmentally this is a damn good idea. We should make everything out of metal.

[-] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

sounds pretty metal

[-] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Maybe extreme weather conditions for trail cams? That's the only reason I would think about using one but never actually buy one for lol.

[-] bitfucker@programming.dev 5 points 3 months ago

ROG Ally

[-] mriormro@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Cause it's metal.

[-] bert@lemmy.monster 11 points 3 months ago

\m/

[-] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 78 points 3 months ago

Less plastic being manufactured? Sounds good to me. :)

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 41 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Seriously. Let’s light a fire under this trend. I will spend twice as much on a thing if it’s metal instead of plastic.

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

While we're at it, let's get back to all metal phones! Screw this glass back shit.

For the "Wireless" charging people:

It's a gimmick, nothing of value is lost

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 months ago

“All right team this is the single most dropped item in the history of mankind we need to make this thing tough what are we gonna manufacture the backing out of?”

“Glass?”

“…….Brilliant!! You’ve got upper management written all over you, Jacobs!”

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[-] bluGill@fedia.io 20 points 3 months ago

Likely far more energy and pollution needed to manufacture this though so overall a loss for the earth.

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 16 points 3 months ago

But most steel is recycled and most plastic is not.

[-] bluGill@fedia.io 13 points 3 months ago

You still need a lot of energy to recycle steel. Less than mining by far but still a lot.

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 14 points 3 months ago

In a sustainable world, energy can and should be cheaper than raw materials. We are only harvesting a tiny fraction of the solar energy hitting the earth, to say nothing of wind and geothermal power. Rolling out more renewables and energy storage and using some of the surplus power to switch from extracting new resources to recycling our waste would greatly lower our footprint.

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

But compared to plastic from virgin fossil fuels?

We as a society are going to need memory cards.

What do you think they should be made out of?

[-] bluGill@fedia.io 5 points 3 months ago

Need to be examined on e case by case basis but plastic often comes out aheadi

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

chitin

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[-] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Energy needs can be met and shouldn't be an argument for using plastic.

The pollution could be more dependending on how you look at that statement, but making something without plastic results in less plastic pollution and you can't claim that to be an overall loss for the earth.

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

You can swap out centralized energy sources (relatively speaking) overnight as greener sources become cheaper/more available compared to retooling whole industries away from plastic

It's the same thing with electric cars, yea it might plug in now to a dirty energy source, but that energy source could be a green energy source tomorrow without you ever knowing and importantly not having to buy a new car or change any other infrastructure to take advantage of it

A power line is a power line, it doesn't care if the electricity going through it was derived from a dirty power plant or solar or nuclear

[-] sploosh@lemmy.world 55 points 3 months ago

I feel like dealing with SD cards' inevitable demise is more important than armoring them. What good is a stainless SD card that no longer functions after 2 years of use?

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago

What good is a stainless SD card

Better thermal conductivity and in turn dissipation than plastic does tend to longer lasting flash chips, how much this change means in real world practice though remains to be seen

Heat is a flash storage killer of all kinds

[-] sploosh@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

It's hard to believe that it would have taken 25 years for the many SD card builders out there to figure out that a heat spreader could solve the degradation problems.

[-] Assman@sh.itjust.works 34 points 3 months ago

Why would they want to solve an issue that causes you to need a new product from them

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[-] spyd3r@sh.itjust.works 54 points 3 months ago

Should have used glorious Nippon steel, folded over 1000 times.

[-] bfg9k@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

[-] MightyCuriosity@sh.itjust.works 34 points 3 months ago

All the comments are fun and games but they could've used aluminium which is way cheaper. It's nothing more than a marketing gimmick.

[-] mudmaniac@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

Isn't there a danger of someone shorting data to voltage by inserting this thing wrongly?

[-] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 months ago

Also a good way to wear down your SD port if you remove this with any regularity.

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 17 points 3 months ago

So what?

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 14 points 3 months ago

Why?

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[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Steam deck modders rejoice

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