A Terabyte of Data on a Regular DVD?

Posted by Zonk on Friday December 8, 2006 @06:23AM from the through-the-magic-of-magic dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "This is the promise of the 3-D Optical Data Storage system developed at the University of Central Florida (UCF). This technology allows to record and store at least 1,000 GB of data on multiple layers of a single disc. The system uses lasers to compact large amounts of information onto a DVD and the process involves shooting two different wavelengths of light onto the recording surface. By using several layers, this technique will increase the storage capacity of a standard DVD to more than a terabyte. Read more for additional references and a diagram showing how this two-photon 3D optical system reads data."

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Hi Roland! by Anonymous Coward · 2006-12-08 06:26 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Great to see you back!
you Fail It?! by Anonymous Coward · 2006-12-08 06:36 · Score: -1, Offtopic

for a living g;ot lube is wiped off
Go Knights! by madhatter256 · 2006-12-08 06:45 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Let's hope that next year the football team will actually be mentioned in the local Orlando Sentinel!

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