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A comment on Iron Nitride Permanent Magnets – An Alternative to Rare Earth Magnets (2014). Parent comment

Re:Iron Nitride Permanent Magnets – An Alternative to Rare E... by falsedan on Thursday May 18, 2017 @05:10AM (#14365812)
> spinning hard drives, and those aren't used that much anymore

Hey! Are you basing this statement on your own experience of your personal/business hardware? Because spinning rust has never been more heavily used, for bulk on/near-line storage.

Judging by the list of alumni from Prof. Wang's group, HDD manufacturers have a strong demand for advanced applications of magnets, plus a tiny fraction from biomedical techs.

[0]: http://www.nanospin.umn.edu/people-0

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Re:Iron Nitride Permanent Magnets – An Alternative to Rare E... by VMG on Thursday May 18, 2017 @09:45AM (#14367116)
You were right, I did not consider bulk storage outside my personal use. Thanks.
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Re:Iron Nitride Permanent Magnets – An Alternative to Rare E... by theandrewbailey on Thursday May 18, 2017 @11:05AM (#14367826)
Hard drives are one of those big technologies that are more widely used and more important after they are obsolete[0].

[0] for some definition of obsolete.

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