A scientist demonstrates that when you fill your Kindle with digital books, it actually gets heavier.
Via The Telegraph:
Using Einstein’s E=mc² formula, which states that energy and mass are directly related, Prof Kubiatowicz calculated that filling a 4GB Kindle to its storage limit would increase its weight by a billionth of a billionth of a gram, or 0.000000000000000001g.
This is roughly equivalent to the weight of a small virus, while the equivalent number of books – about 3,500 – would weigh approximately two tons.
So now we know.
(Source: futurejournalismproject, via npr)
