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I see where they mention writing the data, but does anyone see how/if they are reading the data? From his other pubs [1], it looks like a two-photon process is

I see where they mention writing the data, but does anyone see how/if they are reading the data? From his other pubs [1], it looks like a two-photon process is involved as part of writing in deep-subdiffraction limit for lithography. Will be fun to try and reverse that. [1] http://www.swinburne.edu.au/engineering/cmp/profile.php?member=zgan http://www.swinburne.edu.au/engineering/cmp/profile.php?memb... Edit: Paper that this PR refers to is here: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/130619/ncomms3061/full/ncomms3061.html http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/130619/ncomms3061/full/nco...

wil421 12y ago
The real breakthrough would be a way for regular CD/DVD drives to at least be able to read the new format. But I doubt that this will be practical for consumers. Most consumers dont really need a CD drive anymore, companies like Apple arent even including them in laptops any longer.
- bitJericho 12y ago
  I think CDs would make a comeback if you're talking about being able to hold an entire series of movies all in 4K and in 3D and not break a sweat. Digital downloads is all the rage right now, but people will still want to archive their downloads.
  - lukifer 12y ago
    > people will still want to archive their downloads I don't know how true this is. Even the tech-savvy folks I know rely primarily on Netflix/Spotify/etc, and in the rare instances they buy something, they trust iTunes/Amazon/etc to hold it for them. (I continue to think that is nuts.)
    - bitJericho 12y ago
      I dunno, I think people allow Amazon to hold their movies for them because there's no other choice. Amazon doesn't give you avi files :(
    - NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago
      I'm using Plex to store our videos... sold our DVDs on craigslist a few months ago. Within 3 weeks, had another copy of every disc we got rid of. Eventually I want to get a FreeNAS machine up and running, and any important files will be backed up to Google Drive (though, obviously not movies that can simply be downloaded again if desired).
ChuckMcM 12y ago
PDF link: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/130619/ncomms3061/pdf/ncomms3061.pdf http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/130619/ncomms3061/pdf/ncom... This is pretty cool stuff. Reading through the paper now.

wil421 12y ago

The real breakthrough would be a way for regular CD/DVD drives to at least be able to read the new format. But I doubt that this will be practical for consumers. Most consumers dont really need a CD drive anymore, companies like Apple arent even including them in laptops any longer.

bitJericho 12y ago
I think CDs would make a comeback if you're talking about being able to hold an entire series of movies all in 4K and in 3D and not break a sweat. Digital downloads is all the rage right now, but people will still want to archive their downloads.
- lukifer 12y ago
  > people will still want to archive their downloads I don't know how true this is. Even the tech-savvy folks I know rely primarily on Netflix/Spotify/etc, and in the rare instances they buy something, they trust iTunes/Amazon/etc to hold it for them. (I continue to think that is nuts.)
  - bitJericho 12y ago
    I dunno, I think people allow Amazon to hold their movies for them because there's no other choice. Amazon doesn't give you avi files :(
  - NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago
    I'm using Plex to store our videos... sold our DVDs on craigslist a few months ago. Within 3 weeks, had another copy of every disc we got rid of. Eventually I want to get a FreeNAS machine up and running, and any important files will be backed up to Google Drive (though, obviously not movies that can simply be downloaded again if desired).

ChuckMcM 12y ago

PDF link: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/130619/ncomms3061/pdf/ncomms3061.pdf http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/130619/ncomms3061/pdf/ncom... This is pretty cool stuff. Reading through the paper now.