[LINK] Flash drives in the sea?

[Kim Holburn]

On 2014/May/01, at 9:12 AM, Scott Howard wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Kim Holburn <kim.holburn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Why are they using flash drives that sink?
>> 
> 
> Because creating something that is able to withstand the forces of a crash,
> and then have sufficient battery power to "ping" for several months (or
> more), which is also capable of floating, is extremely difficult...
> 
> And of course, that presumes that it was able to be detached/ejected from
> the fuselage itself in some safe way, otherwise even if the black box
> floated it'd still end up on the bottom of the ocean.

How much does a flash drive cost?  You could have a couple of extra floaters for $6.95.


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