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Alternate takes on HN "move over cassette tapes, adheasive tape has memory, too"[0][1] using measurable/repeatable tension/adheasion discussed in HN "Air Powered Segment Display" video series[2]

Add beam stirling engine for 'battery free' operation.[3]

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[0] HN discussion "Move over cassette tapes, adheasive tape has memory, too!" : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48161242

[1] "Move over cassette tapes, adheasive tape has memory, too!" : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48161242

[2] "Air powered Segment Display: 3D Printed Microfluidic RAM?" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1BLGpE5zH0

[3] "Making the World's Smallest Beam Stirling Engine" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCjwlSX-tsY

[4] "I Printed a Microchip that runs on air -- a nervous system for squishy robots" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJdBp5dGrww

DIY triboluminescence media:

  Use scotch tape triboluminescence[0][1] with non-strain gaugue version of "Move over cassette tapes, adhesive tape has memory, too"[2], Roaring bitmaps[3] with modified [4].

"The Dependence of Unwinding Speed and Age of Scotch Tape, In the Production of X-Rays" (2017) : https://brightspotcdn.byui.edu/90/49/367791d24855b093f25ee34d74b5/david-gillisf17.pdf

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[0] : https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2011/01/18/the-physics-of-scotch-tape?language_content_entity=und

[1] : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIfGh4UeDL8

[2] : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48161242

[3] : https://roaringbitmap.org/

[4] : part 1 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avpn8rIkkRY part 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MftqeASn8vQ

[0] : Floating Electrons on a sea of helium : https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/new-qubit-tech-traps-single-electrons-on-liquid-helium/

[1] : Show HN: Roons -l Mechanical Computer Kit : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43859464

Non-technical guide : https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Tutorials/Redstone_computers