They found that in a brain area concerned with memory for location the demand for glucose was so high that levels fell by 30%.

BBC: Thinking 'drains the brain'

What it suggests is that memory is tied directly to location (and emotion), so that the ancient Renaissance trick of remembering things by placing them in various rooms of a familiar house is an excellent way of exploiting the natural resources of the brain to improve retention of information.

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Last year Apple upped its game another notch, randomizing the location of code in memory so that hackers can't even locate commands to hijack them.

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That way, if the power went away, the battery would have enough charge to write the data from the memory to some other more permanent location.

FORBES: Nanotech Meets Computer Memory

Location-aware smartphones and inexpensive digital memory storage in the "cloud" of the Internet make the transition possible and inevitable.

CNN: Microsoft researcher converts his brain into 'e-memory'

Unlike stimulation for treatment of Parkinson's or other issues, in which the brain is stimulated continuously or repeatedly with an implanted pacemaker-like device, memory in the latest study was improved by a single burst of current when administered in the right location as memories were being formed, according to Dr. Fried.

WSJ: Memory Gets Jolt in Brain Research