Iomega Patents 850GB DVD Nano-Technology

Mike writes "US Patent & Trademark Office recently issued a patent to Iomega Corp. for its work with nano-technology and optical data storage. New technology, called Articulated Optical - DVD will allow 40-100 times more data (upto 850 Gb) to be stored on a DVD with data transfer rates 5-30 times faster than today's DVDs, and at similarly low costs. AO - DVD is a novel technique of encoding data on the surface of a DVD by using reflective nano-structures to encode data in a highly multi-level format."

Comments

Rare response to AC

[Eunuch]

Transhumanists are simply ahead of their time. I know I am.

By the way, you forgot to say "take your medication". Other than that, it's all been said. Many times.

Re:Space abundance

[hardaker]

The inevitable situation is that we will have unlimited space -- that is, more than we can fill.

Never underestimate the ability of microsoft to always require a slightly larger disk than you have.

(linux, my normal environment, isn't much better because I install all those extras because I can. I've never yet had a disk that I've not had to wonder at somepoint "where did all my space go")

Close

[Eunuch]

Bluetooth headset. Throw science texts into a nice text-to-speech, and learn while you walk! Good stuff.

Re:Cool

[PenguinBoyDave]

Given the nature of their business I recommended going to Magneto-Optical. When they said "no...too expensive" we made them sign a statement releasing us from any liability because they decided to ignore the recommendation. And...It wasn't a single backup...it was an entire platter of DVD's from a DVD library. I so love it when you people think you have all the facts when you don't know shit.