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Floppy disks get a second life at Cambridge University Library A new program at the University of Cambridge library in the UK is asking people to bring in their floppy disks so that any digital artifacts on them can be extracted. Among rediscovered files are documents once belonging to Stephen Hawking, says technical analyst Leontien Talboom. Technology Floppy disks get a second life at Cambridge University Library October 26, 20255:48 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered Ahmad Damen Sacha Pfeiffer Gabriel J. Sánchez Floppy disks get a second life at Cambridge University Library A new program at the University of Cambridge library in the UK is asking people to bring in their floppy disks so that any digital artifacts on them can be extracted. Among rediscovered files are documents once belonging to Stephen Hawking, says technical analyst Leontien Talboom.
