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87GB On DVD-Sized Media

Posted by timothy on from the you-will dept.

BostonMACOSX points to this report in the Detroit News that says, in part, "Boston College researchers have found a way to store about 19 times more data on a disk than a common DVD can hold, using optical media made with common products, the December issue of Nature Materials reports." And it's a mix of high and low tech: the disk is formed of "an epoxy glue sold at hardware stores and a glass-like substance," but written with a currently expensive laser.

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  1. Re:Too many "said"s by medscaper · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    For instance, if I used the word "fuck" as much as they used the word "said", I'd have to say it every other sentence.

    Oh.

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  2. Re:Low tech by FooGoo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Epoxy was invented by the Shell Chemical Co. in the 1950s...jerkwater.

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  3. Duh! by Gubble · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Go ahead, impress me, show me an epoxy glue from 1960.

  4. It has to be said... by slipgun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    87GB! Imagine a beowulf cluster of one of those!

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    "Nothing, it's just my karma burning."

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