SD Card vs. Radioactivity | Data Loss?

Have you ever wondered if radioactivity affects the data on flash memory like the SD cards in your camera? In this video I will test an SD card against some naturally radioactive minerals. They are thousands of times stronger than natural background radiation, but will they erase data on the card? Time to find out! You could be one of ESA's next astronauts! More info here: https://www.esa.int/yourwaytospace Chime in on my poll here:    / brainiac75   FULL DISCLOSURE ESA is not sponsoring this video. I just want to help you and ESA out on this once in a lifetime opportunity! The Radiascan-701A was donated earlier by: https://radiascan.com Some of the magnets appearing for a few seconds in the video were donated earlier by: https://www.magnetportal.de/ My Patreon-page:   / brainiac75   SD Card vs. Magnets and more on Powershell:    • SD Card vs. Monster Magnet and Induction C...   How radioactive are bananas and other radioactive foods?:    • How radioactive are bananas and other radi...   Did you miss one of my videos?:    / brainiac75   GRAPHICS CREDIT Some images and video used with written permission from ESA. Pixabay.com pictures used: Jet: no. 659687 Thanks to user ArtTower Emoticons: no. 1610518 + 1626442 Thanks to user TheDigitalArtist Lightstreak: no. 681196 Thanks to user geralt Basket moon: no. 4919501 Thanks to user cocoparisienne Basket player: no. 33072 Thanks to user Clker-Free-Vector-Images Star sky: no. 1845140 Thanks to user Pexels X-ray hand: no. 1704854 Thanks to user com329329 https://pixabay.com/service/license/ FULL MUSIC CREDITS Time codes: 0:01 + 8:30 "Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1100420 Time codes: 0:44 + 4:20 + 7:10 "Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1300027 Time code: 2:24 "Pamgaea" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1300036 Time code: 3:40 "Martian Cowboy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1100349 Time code: 5:40 "Echoes of Time v2" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1300030 Time code: 8:50 "Music for Manatees" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1400009 Time code: 9:57 "Consequence" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1100283 All music above licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Time code: 6:35 Mix of two tracks: 1) The Shimmering by fran_ky (freesound.org/s/237363) Licensed under Creative Commons 0 license 2) "Spacial Harvest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... ISRC: USUAN1100653 #Radioactive #SDcard #Yourwaytospace