IBM researchers at the Almaden labs have been able to store data in a single atom. This was the result of the breakthrough they achieved by non-destructively measuring the magnetic anisotropy of an atom. Another scientist at Zurich labs has made a switch out of two hyderogen atoms. It will be another decade, though, before this technology can be commercialized.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/31/IBM-stores-data-on-an-atom_1.html
Breakthrough in pure physics allows IBM to store data in single atom
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