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I'll believe it when I see it. Whatever happened to the stuff they advertised a decade ago? https://www.pcworld.com/article/444272/sony-panasonic-develop-300gb-

I'll believe it when I see it. Whatever happened to the stuff they advertised a decade ago? https://www.pcworld.com/article/444272/sony-panasonic-develop-300gb-optical-discs-for-enterprise-storage.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/444272/sony-panasonic-develo...

runlevel1 3y ago
What about 2 decades ago? From 2004: https://web.archive.org/web/20150526182019/http://phys.org/news/2004-08-breakthrough-nanotechnology-terabyte-inch-digital.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150526182019/http://phys.org/n... EDIT: Here's a more modest proposal of 125 GB in a crystal cube from IBM in 1995: https://web.archive.org/web/19970121005010/http://www.research.ibm.com/research/press/holographic.html https://web.archive.org/web/19970121005010/http://www.resear...
- LinuxBender 3y ago
  This is exactly what I have been waiting for but development seems to have gone silent. I like the idea of no moving parts. It was supposed to have massive throughput and capacity though by today's standards 125GB is not that big. I would love to have a cartridge that inside has a 3D crystal like the crystals from the older superman movies. That idea to me seems less fragile than a spinning disk and has the potential for substantially higher throughput.
RiverCrochet 3y ago
It reminded me of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc
boomboomsubban 3y ago
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1549173-REG/sony_odc_5500r_us_5_5tb_optical_disc_archive.html https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1549173-REG/sony_odc_.... It seems dishonest to say it has the same dimensions as a bluray when even that article somewhat says it will be sold as a cartridge, but Sony did make and sell that product.
steve1977 3y ago
This is a thing actually, but as far as I know, it recently got discontinued. At least the drives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_Disc_Archive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_Disc_Archive
a_gnostic 3y ago
Where are the Bacteria Flash Drives (1)? 1. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/723226/?isnumber=15610&arnumber=723226&count=34&index=25 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/723226/?isnumber=15610&... https://archive.is/V96AR https://archive.is/V96AR
- CatWChainsaw 3y ago
  Abstract is talking about bacterial proteins specifically rather than bacteria. Either way, to keep either stable for long periods of time you need to store them at -80C, unless you want to opt for liquid nitrogen and -200C. Not sure either is going to be a household advancement any time soon.
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runlevel1 3y ago

What about 2 decades ago? From 2004: https://web.archive.org/web/20150526182019/http://phys.org/news/2004-08-breakthrough-nanotechnology-terabyte-inch-digital.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150526182019/http://phys.org/n... EDIT: Here's a more modest proposal of 125 GB in a crystal cube from IBM in 1995: https://web.archive.org/web/19970121005010/http://www.research.ibm.com/research/press/holographic.html https://web.archive.org/web/19970121005010/http://www.resear...

LinuxBender 3y ago
This is exactly what I have been waiting for but development seems to have gone silent. I like the idea of no moving parts. It was supposed to have massive throughput and capacity though by today's standards 125GB is not that big. I would love to have a cartridge that inside has a 3D crystal like the crystals from the older superman movies. That idea to me seems less fragile than a spinning disk and has the potential for substantially higher throughput.

RiverCrochet 3y ago

It reminded me of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc

boomboomsubban 3y ago

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1549173-REG/sony_odc_5500r_us_5_5tb_optical_disc_archive.html https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1549173-REG/sony_odc_.... It seems dishonest to say it has the same dimensions as a bluray when even that article somewhat says it will be sold as a cartridge, but Sony did make and sell that product.

steve1977 3y ago

This is a thing actually, but as far as I know, it recently got discontinued. At least the drives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_Disc_Archive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_Disc_Archive

a_gnostic 3y ago

Where are the Bacteria Flash Drives (1)? 1. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/723226/?isnumber=15610&arnumber=723226&count=34&index=25 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/723226/?isnumber=15610&... https://archive.is/V96AR https://archive.is/V96AR

CatWChainsaw 3y ago
Abstract is talking about bacterial proteins specifically rather than bacteria. Either way, to keep either stable for long periods of time you need to store them at -80C, unless you want to opt for liquid nitrogen and -200C. Not sure either is going to be a household advancement any time soon.

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