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256GB Geometrically Encoded Paper Storage Device

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the passing-complicated-notes-in-class dept.

jrieth50 noted that a method of using geometric shapes combined with color to store up to 256GB of data on a sheet of paper or plastic. The article says "Files such as text, images, sounds and video clips are encoded in 'rainbow format' as colored circles, triangles, squares and so on, and printed as dense graphics on paper at a density of 2.7GB per square inch. The paper can then be read through a specially developed scanner and the contents decoded into their original digital format and viewed or played."

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  1. Cool... by tinrobot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now it's possible to fold up 256MB worth of data and fly it across the room.

    1. Re:Cool... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      This could be the dawn of a new era in wireless networking...

  2. I tried this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wiped my ass on a blank sheet, scanned it in and was greeted with the Windows Vista login screen.

  3. Re:Robustness & Feasibility by LindseyJ · · Score: 3, Funny

    People have been using paper to store their porn long before the web was here.

  4. Re:Robustness & Feasibility by JazzLad · · Score: 3, Funny

    You think a /. reader's 5 year collection of porn would fit on 256GB?

    You must be new here.

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  5. I find the comments amusing. by Khyber · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey guys, remember back in the day when we stored data on paper using HOLES?

    I wouldn't be so quick to say this is a scam.

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  6. Re:This is brilliant by An+Onerous+Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    How much do you love the story's title? "Data can now be stored on paper!"

    We truly live in the golden age of technology.

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