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New Holographic Storage Medium Doesn't Shrink

Posted by timothy on from the friday-style-bellybutton-storage dept.

Wiesel Werkstätte writes "Nature has an article reporting a new photopolymer suitable for long term holographic storage. previous materials are "read once" and they shrink and distort during the storage process. this new material, a combination of glass and plastic, can also be applied in thicker films." Which means that three-dimensional holographic storage is a tiny bit closer.

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  1. We still need the optics.... by drin · · Score: 5

    Having the storage is one thing, but AFAIK no-one has solved the optics problem as of yet. Having referent laser beams penetrate the storage medium at the multiple angles and speeds involved for useful data retrieval in a package suitable for long-term comsumer use is still an unsolved problem, is it not? So the creation of non-shrinking media is a good step forwards, but we're still a long way from opening our 'tray of what look like small ice-cubes and dropping one into [our] hi-fi system to provide the evening's soundtrack'. A long way indeed.... -drin

  2. Re:I'm sure I saw something similar.... by infinite9 · · Score: 5

    Scientists had managed to store the data with relative ease, but couldn't retreive the data later on.

    Is that like write-only memory?

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