DAMN, now this is a company to invest in!!!!!!!

[Ballistophobia]

I read about this (http://www.c-3d.net) company a while ago, but it looks like big things are coming our way soon.
They developed a technolgy that uses clear discs and flourescent dye to provide many layers that can be read as good as one layer. This creates storage of over 140 gigs currently and in the future over 1 terebyte. On one f.uckin disc!! OMG I can't wait for this! :)


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[phatcat]

yeah :)

read about it in wired mag about 4 months ago! realy l33t ****!

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[Galaddin]

Sounds like something to look out for...

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[Ballistophobia]

I read about it in the March Maximum PC. I was like DAMN!

They also created Clear Cards or something that hold 5-10 gigs in a much much less expensive way. Goodbye Creative bulky 6 gig jukebox, hello tiny light 10 gig mp3 player! :D

Man, I can't wait.
The 1 terabyte one could hold over 2,000 hours of uncompressed HDTV!! It's amazing! The future is here or some $hit. :cool:

[Dartanion]

It is pretty much the same thing as a 3D or holographic storage system that was in PopSci a few years back. I still think that it will be a few years before we ever see it though.

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[dolce916]

However not really new...that's how we got DVD's one or more of the layers are clear and allow the beam to read the layer behind it.
Back when DVD's came out I remember reading about a company that was supposed to introduce 250GB -750GB discs, guess it just took longer for the market to nail down the technology to stuff more onto a cd :)

Now what is really kewl are the experimental crystal and atomic (essentially using the electrons around an atom as transisters) storage devices IBM and others are working on.

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[Keiichi]

Organic memory.

Protein-based storage is an experimental storage method that has the potential to revolutionize the computer industry. Using proteins that respond to light from bacteria found in salt water, a 2x2x2cm cube has the ablity to store over 500 gigabytes of data! Accessed by lasers, the proteins change their state depending on various wavelenghts, allowing them to store and recall data. Furthermore, they do so at several times the speed of current electrical memories.

Here's an article (http://www.heise.de/ct/english/98/03/018/) on it. It's a pretty interesting read. If everything pans out, for only a few cents you could purchase a memory cube small enough to fit on a credit card with a storage capacity of over 170,000GB!

-Keiichi

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[Christopher Webb]

I just like what it might to do all those damn Studio execs who control the DVD market (and hence region encoding :mad: )...I hope it gives those bastards nightmares.

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[Alpha_9]

Now if we could just get some good content to fill up all those terabytes, that would be cool... :p


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[Galaddin]

I've also heard of experiments DNA based microprocessors which can run at into the TerraHertz...

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[MiscMan]

Try a computer that can break down an advanced RSA encryption code in seconds(takes modern super computers years and years, and years... and years). I haven't looked more into it for a while, but it used quantum theory to spin electrons( i think ). What they did was shoot protons at them, which they could then measure the spin (btw, electrons can have multiple spins or "states" at the same time) and use it to perform calculations. Not only calculations, but idealy an infinite number of them with only a few electrons, allowing even the most complex algorithm to be processed in moments, less, instances. They have even made primitive ones that actually work now.

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