WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:06.600 Linus Tech tips coverage of computex 2013 is powered by Western Digital our 00:00:04.759 --> 00:00:10.519 trusted gaming gear partner is Corsair Vengeance and our trusted retail partner 00:00:08.840 --> 00:00:15.679 is nc.com all right guys we're kicking off 00:00:12.719 --> 00:00:20.359 our day one coverage of computex 2013 in our home base in the WD Booth don't 00:00:18.199 --> 00:00:25.119 forget we are giving away a ton of cool stuff courtesy of Western Digital after 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:28.439 the show the more you watch our WD coverage of the show The more prizes 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:31.920 we're going to be giving away everything from hard drives to full gaming system 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:36.320 all that kind of cool stuff check out the link to the Forum under in the video 00:00:33.800 --> 00:00:41.160 description to get all of the details now behind me you're going to see the 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:47.399 main attraction here in the WD Booth this is a 14t 250 lb racing car made out 00:00:45.800 --> 00:00:52.000 of what is essentially a high density foam that is 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:55.960 molded into the shape of actual hard drive components with a steel frame it 00:00:53.760 --> 00:01:00.280 has a racing seat inside so you can actually sit in it and get your picture 00:00:57.559 --> 00:01:04.199 taken as part of the Booth's attraction and we are going to be getting a sneak 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:09.159 peek of the reveal that's actually going to happen in a little while but you'll 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:13.640 see it first online as Tech tips this is it this is the big reveal I have my 00:01:10.880 --> 00:01:20.280 lovely assistants from WD revealing this car go ahead guys which is actually made 00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:24.280 so they took CAD drawings of components of hard drive some of the highest 00:01:21.759 --> 00:01:28.320 performance hard drives that you could possibly feasibly imagine with 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:31.799 technology today and they blew it up huge scale so some of the things are 00:01:30.119 --> 00:01:35.520 blown up more or less than others this right here is a hard drive platter is 00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:39.720 actually not that much bigger than what you'd find in a 3 and 1 half in Drive 00:01:37.600 --> 00:01:43.759 however this guy here is significantly larger than what you'd see in real life 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:48.240 this is a dual stage actuator assembly here that is what actually reads and 00:01:45.520 --> 00:01:51.040 writes the data off of The Platters and the cool thing about this is while it 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:55.000 looks pretty big here and you could probably fit that platter I showed you 00:01:52.880 --> 00:01:59.479 before in between the actual distance between these and the platters in real 00:01:57.240 --> 00:02:04.479 life is 100 angstrom so to put that in perspective Ive a human hair is a 00:02:01.520 --> 00:02:09.879 million angstroms a bacteria is 5,000 angstroms and a virus is about 100 00:02:07.119 --> 00:02:15.440 angstrom so these things are flying many many miles an hour over the top of the 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:19.160 platter and there the tolerances are uh are not very big so we're going to make 00:02:17.200 --> 00:02:25.200 our way towards the back of the car these are the coils that actually drive 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:29.239 the head assembly over the platters themselves they have to be extremely 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:34.840 precise in order to read any data off of it and at all we've got more dual stage 00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:38.720 actuators more coils all of this is made of a high density foam with a steel 00:02:37.239 --> 00:02:44.319 skeleton so the whole thing actually only weighs 250 lbs making it very 00:02:41.640 --> 00:02:48.680 portable but it's solid enough that you can actually sit in the thing now the 00:02:47.040 --> 00:02:52.640 amount of the craftsmanship that went into this this is handbuilt so if you 00:02:50.720 --> 00:02:58.680 were to get really really close you'd be able to see every sandpaper mark on the 00:02:56.120 --> 00:03:02.720 thing because they spent countless hours building this thing to show show off 00:03:00.440 --> 00:03:08.879 their technology so down here we've actually got a PCB Trace that's been 00:03:05.200 --> 00:03:11.480 blown up to car size as well as a pivot 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:16.680 bearing right here so these high technology bearings actually have to be 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:21.440 smooth enough and precise enough for that well that those those tiny tiny 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:24.640 data tolerances now we're going to sort of cheat and we're going to be the first 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:28.400 ones to sit in the car here I'm just going to lift up the side door we're 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:33.080 going to go ahead and see if I can maneuver this thing so while it is 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:37.560 durable enough to sit in I also wouldn't recommend jumping right into it because 00:03:34.959 --> 00:03:43.319 it is made of uh of foam it doesn't have quite the same structural strength as a 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:48.319 as an actual Western Digital hard drive here we 00:03:44.519 --> 00:03:50.000 go and of course uh I can't promise that 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:55.000 any hard drive you buy will make you this cool but if there's even a chance I 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:59.799 think I'll go for it guys stay tuned don't miss any of our computex coverage 00:03:57.920 --> 00:04:03.280 and as always don't forget to subscribe to lus Tech tips