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Holographic Storage Overview at CNET

Posted by timothy on from the smoosh-smoosh-smoosh dept.

encebollado writes: "CNET has an article about how holography is being used to create next generation storage devices. The researchers promise they'll beat out DVD by an order of magnitude." Actually, it's an overview with four separate articles -- no bets on when the technology covered will really be available though.

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  1. Old news? by ktulu1115 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think I heard news about this being developed at some major university back in '99. Sound familiar to anyone else?

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  2. Re:What about holodecks? by unicron · · Score: 0, Troll

    You dork. I'm reminded of Triumph the Dog making fun of all the dorks lining up to see Episode 2, and how Triumph just clowns them like thier's no tomorrow..

    Triumph: "Alright, that was a good Darth Vader impression. But you need the loud, labored breathing. Pretend you just ran 10 feet and try it again."

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