Titanium Oxide For High-Density Optical Storage

Stoobalou and other readers sent along word of research out of Japan, using a new crystal form of titanium oxide for high-density data storage — promising discs that store 1,000 times more data than Blu-ray does today, up to 25 TB. The material transforms from a black-colored metal state that conducts electricity into a brown semiconductor when hit by light, at room temperature. Titanium oxide's market price is about one-hundredth that of the rare element that is currently used in rewritable Blu-ray discs and DVDs. The material is cheap and safe, and is already being used in many products ranging from face powder to white paint. The researchers successfully created the material in particles measuring as small as 5 nanometers in diameter.

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Re:Good for archival purposes?

[Anonymous Coward]

Are you saying I could store my entire porn collection on marshmallows?

Isn't your porn collection sticky enough already?

Re:Good for archival purposes?

[Culture20]

Are there any projections/estimates related to how stable this media would be when used for long-term archival storage?

If the state changes in light, then there are some rules to follow:

1. No bright light
2. Don't get them wet
3. Never feed them after midnight, no matter how much they beg

Re:Good for archival purposes?

[Megaweapon]

We need a disk that can only be writen by divine intervention at Hell's main furnace, temperature.

That would be "The Matrix: Revolutions" special edition BluRay with extended director's apology voice track.