Posted by Brendan R. Wehrung on 11/29/05 04:31

Rich (none@none.com) writes:
> On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:37:53 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Bob) wrote:
>
>>New Scientist magazine
>>http://www.newscientist.com/channel/info-tech/dn8370.html
>>
>>Holographic-memory discs may put DVDs to shame
>>
>>A computer disc about the size of a DVD that can hold 60 times more
>>data is set to go on sale in 2006. The disc stores information through
>>the interference of light - a technique known as holographic memory.
>>
>
> Who the F--- is going to NEED 60x a DVDs data storage capacity?
> Aside from a few companies and the government?
> -Rich


I read about holographic storage about the time the compact disc came out.
I don't know what the reader looks like now, but then the non-moving piece
of photo negative (reproduced by contact printing, real cheap) was "played" by
a laser which tracked across using a moving mirror to direct it.

The idea was read-only, however, no recording. Still, the technology
isn't all that new.

Brendan

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