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Oh the good times... I remember when before christmas Steffen and Matthias goofed around in the university basement with their equipment... Actually they pivote
by jeffreygoesto 6y ago
Oh the good times... I remember when before christmas Steffen and Matthias goofed around in the university basement with their equipment... Actually they pivoted from data storage to security and anti tamper stickers, and are still in business [0, 1].
Steffen Noethe is into life sciences since 2013 [2].
P.S.: It did work for up to five or so layers, then focusing and laser power were hard to handle. They never developed a robust drive from that principle and the spot in between flash, DVDs and tape was closing too fast to create enough business...
[0] https://www.tesa-scribos.com/de https://www.tesa-scribos.com/de
[1] https://www.tesa.com/en/about-tesa/press-insights/stories/the-new-label.html https://www.tesa.com/en/about-tesa/press-insights/stories/th...
[2] https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffen-noehte-b318a728 https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffen-noehte-b318a728
- EvanAnderson 6y agoThanks for that! I love the power of HN to reach people with personal knowledge about technology. For anybody else interested, I believe we're talking about this patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US6386458B1 https://patents.google.com/patent/US6386458B1
- jeffreygoesto 6y agoJust contributing my iota where I can... =:-) You are right, that is one of them. There's some more even... [0] https://patents.justia.com/inventor/matthias-gerspach https://patents.justia.com/inventor/matthias-gerspach